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Peter Peacock acts as Policy Director for Community Land Scotland. He has a background in community development, is a former Council Leader, MSP and Scottish Government Minister, has served on a number of public bodies and worked in local government, the Third Sector, and has run his own consultancy business in public policy matters. In his work for Community Land Scotland he has been active in helping secure legislative change to empower communities through new rights in relation to land and public assets.

Andrew Bibby is a business writer and journalist, specialising in the co-operative and not-for-profit sectors. In a voluntary capacity he is Secretary of the Calder Valley Community Land Trust, which is undertaking developments of affordable housing to rent in the Todmorden and Hebden Bridge areas of Calderdale. He previously was active in the successful transfer of Hebden Bridge Town Hall into community ownership.

Anne Chapman is a director of MORE Renewables, the community renewable energy organisation for the Morecambe Bay area.  She previously worked as an environmental consultant and has a PhD in environmental philosophy.  She was a City Councillor in Lancaster for eight years, and has been involved in a number of community organisations in Lancaster.  On the national stage she has been a director of Friends of the Earth and is currently a director of Green House Think Tank.

Mark established Shared Assets in 2012.  He has over 20 years experience of working with communities on environmental issues and contributes his expertise across the full range of Shared Assets work, including our policy, research, advocacy, and advice and support services. He has acted as an advisor to Defra, DCLG, and the Canal and River Trust, on issues such as working with civil society, asset transfer, and community engagement. Mark has a BSc in Biological Sciences from Birmingham University, a Diploma in Public Administration from Warwick Business School and is a 2012 Clore Social Fellow. He lives on a narrowboat and is currently travelling the U.K.’s waterways.