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{{short description|'''Former private secretary to the Prince of Wales; former M&C Saatchi director'''}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Michael Peat
| birth_date = November 1949
| nationality = British
| occupation = Chartered accountant; courtier; company director
| known_for = Keeper of the Privy Purse; Principal Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales
}}
'''Sir Michael Charles Gerrard Peat''' (born November 1949) is a chartered accountant and former senior courtier. He was a non-executive director of [[M&C Saatchi]] from 8 June 2016 to 10 December 2019.<ref name="CHOPeat">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/sy2QNXQA192qEPpMq7nhavBuDsI/appointments Michael Charles Gerrard PEAT: personal appointments] ''Companies House'', accessed 16 October 2026.</ref>

== Career ==
In his Trinity College, Oxford profile he says he became a [[KPMG]] partner in 1985, led a consultancy study of the Royal Household's finances in 1986–87, and joined the Household in 1993. There he was Keeper of the Privy Purse and Treasurer to the Queen, Principal Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall, and chairman of The Prince's Charities Foundation, retiring in 2011. He lists later roles as chairman of the investment manager CQS, senior independent director of Evraz plc, non-executive chairman of GEMS Education, a board member of Deloitte UK, and a director of M&C Saatchi.<ref name="TrinityPeat">Trinity College Oxford, [https://www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/people/sir-michael-charles-gerrard-peat Sir Michael Charles Gerrard Peat] ''Trinity College Oxford'', accessed 16 October 2026.</ref> On his retirement Clarence House said he would also "provide consultancy services to the family interests of [[Wafic Said]]".<ref name="ClarencePeat">The Royal Family, [https://www.royal.uk/news-and-activity/2011-10-23/a-statement-by-clarence-house-on-the-retirement-of-sir-michael-peat-as A statement by Clarence House on the retirement of Sir Michael Peat] ''royal.uk'', 2011.</ref> Companies House records him as a former director of The Said Foundation.<ref name="CHOPeat" />

== M&C Saatchi resignation ==
On 10 December 2019 M&C Saatchi announced that Peat, Lord Dobbs and Lorna Tilbian had stepped down as non-executive directors "with immediate effect", and that Lord Saatchi had resigned.<ref name="RNSPeat">M&C Saatchi plc (via Investegate), [https://www.investegate.co.uk/announcement/rns/m-c-saatchi--saa/directorate-change/5794157 Directorate Change] ''RNS'', 10 December 2019.</ref> The BBC reported that the resignations followed an accounting scandal and a £11.6m hole in the company's earnings.<ref name="BBCSaatchi">BBC News, [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-50736343 Maurice Saatchi quits advertising firm he co-founded] ''BBC News'', 10 December 2019.</ref>
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Michael Peat - Revision history

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