Peter Manning

Peter is Chairman of Reliance Secure Task Management, providing outsourced security services to the police and criminal justice sector. He is also a non-executive director of Assetco PLC, a supplier of Outsourced services to the Fire and Rescue market and High Speed Office Ltd , a private UK based telecom provider.

Peter’s most recent executive position was as the CEO of HBS Ltd, a private equity owned (Terra Firma) supplier of business process outsourcing to UK local authorities.

Before HBS Peter was President and Chief Executive of COLT Telecom PLC the pan European telecom operator. Colt is a FTSE 250 company with revenues in excess of £1Bn.

Prior to COLT Peter was the President and CEO of Concert communication Inc based in Reston Virginia, serving the communication needs of global multi national companies.

Peter’s earlier career was spent with BT where he held a number of senior positions in BTs organisations in Europe and the USA.

Peter has a first class honours degree in Computer Science and is a Chartered Engineer. He lives in Buckinghamshire with his wife, Tricia and his three children. In his spare time he coaches and manages rugby . He is a keen cyclist and enjoys kayaking and scuba diving.