Peter Frankopan is an entrepreneur and academic and has been involved with a wide range of start-up and small businesses, both as a principal and as an investor.

He is currently chairman of a number of privately owned businesses, including A Curious Group of Hotels, which includes businesses based in the UK, France and the Netherlands. He also chairs a real estate business investing in Central and Eastern Europe.

He is on the board of several charities, primarily working in the fields of education, the environment and international development.

Peter studied with Tarquin Edwards two decades ago at Oxford University and has been Senior Research Fellow at Worcester College since 2000.