Peter Ward

Peter is an independent real estate development consultant specialising in university and public sector estate. He served nine years as Director of Real Estate Development for King’s College London and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, where he led programmes for the redevelopment of university and hospital campuses in London on behalf of both partners. As part of those plans he worked with commercial developers and investors to sustain and improve the partners’ estate, help them meet their sustainability, efficiency and innovation strategies and make sure that their buildings adapt successfully to their changing needs.

He was previously the Director of Healthcare Projects for John Laing, a leading international investor in economic and social infrastructure which delivered more than 20 major healthcare Public-Private Partnership projects and over 40 clinics and primary care facilities.

He has worked on the development of public infrastructure since 1989 and has substantial experience in the successful structuring and delivery of a diverse range of project financings, Public-Private Partnerships and real estate development projects in the healthcare, water and transportation sectors in the UK and overseas.

Peter is a Chartered Civil Engineer and a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers. He served two terms as a Non-Executive Director of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and led the development of a UN standard for the use of Public-Private Partnerships in the healthcare sector for the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. He became a Trustee of RADA in August 2026.