Chairman of Gleneagles Hotel Limited, Peter Lederer was appointed Chairman of the Scottish Tourist Board – now VisitScotland – for a three year tenure in April 2001. This was renewed in April 2004, and in March 2007, for a further three years.  Peter has been a VisitScotland Board Member since 1995. His current appointment will run from 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2010.

Peter Lederer joined Gleneagles in 1984 as General Manager and was appointed Managing Director in 1987. He became Chairman in 2007. Previously he held operational, administrative and senior management positions in multi-million dollar enterprises in Canada for ten years with the Four Seasons hotel group in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal, and with Plaza Hotels in Toronto. He was also for two years a partner in a design, construction and consulting firm providing services to the hospitality industry.

Peter is committed to improving quality educational standards and training opportunities within the hospitality and tourism industries. He is a Trustee of the Hospitality Industry Trust Scotland and the Tourism & Hospitality Education Trust.

Peter has been appointed an Honorary Professor by the University of Dundee and was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Business Administration by Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh. In addition, Peter is a Master Innholder and Freeman of the City of London, as well as a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Innholders.

He is a member of the Council of CBI Scotland and a patron of the Queen Margaret University College Foundation and Trustee of the Springboard Educational Trust. He has also served on the board of Scottish Enterprise Tayside.