Peter is Group Technology Director of INEOS and also Head of Investor Relations. He is a member of the UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and is a Non-Executive Director of V-Carbon, a company developing new carbon fibre recycling solutions for industry. Prior to this, he spent eleven years as Chief Executive of INEOS Technologies, one of the business divisions in the INEOS Group. Before joining INEOS in 2006, Dr Williams spent over 20 years with BP in a variety of senior management roles in business, technology, and strategy. Before then, he obtained a B.A. and D.Phil in chemistry from the University of York, and carried out post-doctoral research work at the Hahn-Meitner Institut in Berlin.