Professor Peter Roberts OBE, is the former vice-chair of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and an Emeritus Professor at Leeds University.
Peter has researched and published on topics associated with planning, housing, health and social care, regeneration and environment. He has advised government ministers, major companies and a wide range of public and other national and international organisations.
Nationally and internationally Peter has been involved in a range of regional and urban planning, regeneration, housing and health, economic development and environmental management. Peter has acted as an advisor to the House of Commons Children’s, Schools and Families Select Committee and to Local Government. He has been involved in community regeneration projects in Tyneside, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire and elsewhere. He was awarded the OBE in 2004 for services to regeneration and planning.