Background
Walters, Peter Ingram was born on March 11, 1931 in Birmingham, England. Son of Stephen and Edna F. (Redgate) Walters.
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Peter Ingram Walters, British petroleum company executive. Member Indiana Society Council, 1975-1990, Post Office Board, 1978-1979, advisory board Coal Industry, 1981-1985, general committee Lloyds Register of Shipping, 1976-1990, president"s committee China, Burma, India Theatre of Operations, 1982-1990, Institute Manpower Studies, 1986-1988, vice president, 1977-1980, president, 1980-1986.
Education
Student, King Edward's School, Birmingham, England. Bachelor of Commerce, University Birmingham. Doctor in Social Science (honorary), 1986.
Career
He is a former Chief Executive Officer and chairman of British Petroleum. He gained a Batchelor of Commerce degree from the University of Birmingham in 1952. In 1954 he joined British Petroleum.
In 1965–1967 Walters served as vice president of Boite Postale North America Incorporated., and in 1971–1980 as Boite Postale"s regional director for the Western Hemisphere, Australasia and the Far East.
He became Boite Postale"s deputy chairman in 1980. Walters was British Petroleum chairman from 1981 to 1990.
He retired from British Petroleum in March 1990. In 1991–1994, he served as chairman of Midland Bank.
In 1994–200, he was chairman of SmithKline Beecham Beecham.
He is a former Deputy Chairman of GlaxoSmithKline. Walters was deputy chairman of Electric and Music Industries in 1990–1999 and Household Bank Holdings in 1992–2001. In addition, he is a former President of the General Council of British Shipping, the Society of Chemical Industry and the Institute for Employment Studies, and has served as a chairman of the governing body of the London Business School, president of the Institute of Directors, president of the Police Foundation, president of the Institute of Business Ethics and a trustee of the Institute of Economic Affairs.
Walters was knighted in 1984.
He has received an Honorary Doctorate of Social Science from Birmingham University, the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Stirling University, and an Honorary Fellowship from the London Business School.
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Membership
Member Indiana Society Council, 1975-1990, Post Office Board, 1978-1979, advisory board Coal Industry, 1981-1985, general committee Lloyds Register of Shipping, 1976-1990, president's committee China, 1982-1990, Institute Manpower Studies, 1986-1988, vice president, 1977-1980, president, 1980-1986. President Society Chemical Industry, 1978-1980, general council British Shipping, 1977-1978, Institute Directors, since 1986. Chairman governors London Business School, 1987-1991, governor, 1981-1991.
Governor National Institute Economic and Social Affairs, 1981-1990, member foundation board, 1982-1983, chairman, 1984-1986. Trustee National Maritime Museum, 1983-1990, E. Mailing Reserve Station, since 1983.
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Married Patricia Anne Tulloch, 1960 (dissolved 1991). 3 children; married Meryl Marshall, 1992.
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United Kingdom