Peter
Ogden
Managing Director
Expertise
Peter is a Managing Director at Powerscourt with oversight of the Special Situations (crisis & litigation) and Industrials (energy, resources and clean tech) practices, in addition to working across sector with other Powerscourt clients.
Peter has over two decades’ experience in the full range of financial and corporate communications activities. Peter has a particular specialism in cross-border M&A and ECM communications, as well as high-end reputational issues and crises. In particular, he has advised on some of the largest European IPOs in recent years.
From 2009-2012 he worked in Australia, where he advised on two of the largest transactions in Australian corporate history: BHP’s bid for Rio Tinto and the AUD 7 billion privatization of QR National.
After graduating in 1998, Peter worked in Westminster as a junior lobbyist, then moved into corporate and financial communications consultancy after a stint in Corporate Affairs at FTSE 100 company Imperial Brands.
Prior to joining Powerscourt in 2015, initially as a Director and head of Industrials, he spent eight years at The Maitland Consultancy.
Peter holds a BA (Joint Honours) degree in French & Italian from The University of Leeds.
