Principal Partner
Dr. Peter W. Beven
Executive coach, capability builder and founder — three decades of leadership across complex project environments, enterprise, government and education.
Professional bio
Peter focuses on helping leaders in complex project environments turn capability into performance. As an executive coach, he works with C-suite executives and senior leaders across enterprise, government and educational institutions to sharpen their leadership effectiveness and build high-performing teams that deliver on the promise of transformation and growth.
Peter brings more than three decades of experience as a leader in capability building within complex project environments. He has been instrumental in leading complex projects and major sector-wide transformation programs across several state government jurisdictions in IT, Health and Agriculture.
With an almost 2-decade career as a Director in QUT's Graduate School of Business, he was also a subject-matter expert in complex project leadership, digital transformation and innovation, and organisational design. During this time, he was instrumental in designing and leading major capability uplift programs for large employers across the private and public sectors – most notably for the Department of Defence. He also taught in executive corporate and government programs, the Executive MBA, and the Executive Masters of Complex Project Leadership.
He has founded and exited several successful technology ventures, including Primary Technologies, established to commercialise patented microwave technology and acquired by a European-headquartered multinational; and, most recently, Locatrix, co-founded with the Queensland Government to deliver geospatial built-asset data and emergency management solutions, and acquired by the private equity firm Pemba Capital in late 2024. In late 2024, he also became an investor in TX Management Systems, a global skills-intelligence technology business operating in more than 40 countries.
Peter has held and currently holds a range of advisory and board roles across government (both in Australia and internationally, including with the United Nations) and the private sector. He is the Immediate Past Chair of the Queensland State Council of the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA), Australia's peak body for the technology sector.
He holds multiple postgraduate qualifications in finance, economics, intellectual property law and holds a PhD in technology management.
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