UK: Peter Cornell will join the Board of Breedon Group as an independent non-executive director on 1 October 2018. He is a Partner in Metric Capital, a Special Situations Fund targeting mid-sized companies throughout Europe with approximately Euro2bn of assets currently under management.
Prior to founding Metric Capital with his two partners in 2011, Peter was a Managing Director at Terra Firma, one of Europe's leading private equity firms. He formerly spent more than 20 years with international law firm Clifford Chance, latterly as Global Managing Partner.
Peter is currently non-executive Chairman of Grant Thornton and Lexington Consultants, a professional service firm consultancy. He is also a non-executive director of Schroders Limited, F&C Commercial Property Holdings Limited and IE Business School in Madrid.