Dr Peter Thompson

Biography

Peter Thompson is the Deputy Chief Executive at Dstl. He has spent 20 years in the defence and security sector and has held various roles in the civil service, including

  • strategic advisor to MOD’s Chief Scientific Adviser
  • programme director, Dstl
  • head of counter terrorism, Science and Technology Centre, MOD

He is a governor of South Wiltshire University Technical College and holds a doctorate in Molecular Electronics.

Previous roles in government

  • Technical Director, Dstl