Board / Peter Cabrelli

Peter Cabrelli

Peter has over 25 years’ international business experience, most recently as Group Human Resources Director of HBOS plc where he was closely involved in the large and complex merger of Bank of Scotland and the Halifax.

Educated at St Andrews University and the London School of Economics, Peter has wide board-level experience, including directorship of several service subsidiaries of the Pearson Group. He is a member of the Board of Creative Scotland and a member of the programme board to establish a new food body in Scotland.

He has a broad view of business and cultural practices, having previously worked in London, Europe, Africa, and the Middle and Far East, including spells with ITT in Brussels and with Standard Chartered Bank in Hong Kong.

Peter lives in Edinburgh, where he combines keen and regular theatre-going with an active involvement in sport and recreation as Chairman of the National Playing Fields Association in Scotland.

Peter is a native Dundonian who has been a Dundee United supporter since boyhood and is now an Associate Director of the Club. He was also previously a Non-executive Member of Court at the University of St Andrews and Chairman of the Trustees of the university’s pension plan.