Peter is responsible for overseeing several business functions at the firm, including the J.P. Morgan International Council and the newly launched Center for Geopolitics, which provides global analysis for business leaders worldwide. Additionally, he manages Morgan Health, a team dedicated to investing in companies that enhance the quality and delivery of employer-based health care. Peter also led the firm's business expansion in the Mid-Atlantic region, one of the largest economic areas in the United States.
For more than a decade, Peter led the firm’s Corporate Responsibility efforts, overseeing all government, regulatory and public policy functions and shaping the firm’s strategy to address global economic challenges. The JPMorganChase Institute and Policy Center were created under his leadership, as well as programs to address affordable housing, support small business, create skills-based training and career pathways, as well as the firm’s Second Chance efforts to help remove barriers to employment for people with criminal records.
Peter developed and led the firm’s $200 million investment in the City of Detroit following the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. The firm’s role in the revitalization of Detroit has been featured on 60 Minutes, profiled by Fortune Magazine in ranking JPMorganChase number one on its list of companies “Changing the World” and chronicled through a Harvard Business School case study.
Business Insider named Peter as one of 10 people in the country “transforming how we think about capitalism” and Washington Life Magazine called him one of the most influential people in the U.S. Capitol. The Washington Business Journal recognized him as one of the top business executives in the Washington, D.C. region.
Prior to joining JPMorganChase, Peter was the Managing Partner of the Washington, D.C. office of law firm Mayer Brown and earlier served as Chairman of their Government and Global Trade Practice. He was recognized by the legal guide Chambers USA for his “depth of understanding” about international markets.
Peter spent nearly a decade in public service. Nominated by President Clinton, he was confirmed by the United States Senate as U.S. Special Trade Ambassador and served as one of the lead negotiators on China's entry into the World Trade Organization. He previously served as the Chief of Staff for the U.S. Trade Representative and the U.S. Department of Commerce, Staff Director for the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator Max Baucus.
Peter is a co-founder and previously served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Greater Washington Partnership and a member of the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. He serves on the Boards of Directors of the secure identity company CLEAR and health care provider Centivo, as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Board of Advisors for the Center for New American Security and the Advisory Board of the Stanford University Emerging Technology Review.
Peter received his B.A. from American University and his J.D. from American’s Washington College of Law.