Peter Handley

Peter has over 40 years of professional experience in the European Commission and in the UK Civil Service. He draws on his broad expertise in strategy, communication, management and international relations to advise on sustainability and resilience matters and to develop appropriate strategies.

Lately, Peter was the head of unit and deputy director in DG GROW responsible for critical raw materials (CRMs) and energy-intensive industries. In that role, he led the work on the EU Critical Raw Materials Act and negotiated the EU's strategic partnerships on CRMs. Before that, he worked in the Secretariat General as head of the policy coordination unit responsible for the Energy Union and Circular Economy. As an EU trade negotiator, he worked on WTO industrial market access (tariff and non-tariff barriers) and on steel trade issues. In his last job for the UK Civil Service, he worked on international issues in the Department of Environment, where he coordinated HMG's position for the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).