Peter Leach is seen as the founding father of family business thinking in the UK and pioneered research in the field in the 80's. He founded the Stoy Centre for Family Business, and was previously a partner at BDO LLP. He founded his own business, Peter Leach & Partners LLP, in 2008, which won the STEP Family Business Advisor of the Year 2013/14 before being acquired by Deloitte LLP in 2015. He is now a partner at Deloitte leading the family Enterprise Consulting practice there.
