A Toronto-based advisor to the CEOs, boards, and senior teams of mission-driven organizations. After thirty-five years at The Scott Mission, fifteen of them as Chief Executive, Peter now comes alongside the leaders doing the work that matters.
Peter came to The Scott Mission in 1990 as a front-line worker. He left in 2025 as Chief Executive Officer, having served the Mission for thirty-five years across every level of the organization: front line, programs, finance, and ultimately the corner office.
Under his leadership, The Scott Mission grew its programs, expanded its facilities, and earned a place among Canada's Top 100 charities recognized by Charity Intelligence. Peter has been a sought-after voice on food insecurity, senior poverty, and the integrated work of mission-driven organizations.
Petra Principle is the next chapter, bringing operational depth, governance experience, and the steady judgment that only comes from time in the seat.
Engagements are shaped to the moment, but most begin in one of three places.
Monthly one-to-one advisory for leaders navigating growth, transition, or a strategic inflection. A steady thinking partner, on retainer.
Multi-month engagements supporting strategy creation, transformation, expansion, or a major capital decision. Clear scope, clear deliverables.
Board development, CEO and board dynamics, succession planning, and governance health for organizations whose work matters.
Conversations on the work of leading a mission, from the front line to the CEO seat.
Petra is the Greek word for rock, for what lies beneath the building. In thirty-five years inside one mission, Peter learned that organizations stand or fall on what is beneath them: their values, their culture, their finances, their governance, their team.
The work above the waterline gets the attention. The work below it is what holds.
Conversations are free. Book a thirty-minute call and we'll see if the work fits.
