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Sir Michael Charles Gerrard Peat, (born 16 November 1949) was the Principal Private Secretary to Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall between 2002 and 2011. ==Life and career== Peat was born in 1949 and is great-grandson of William Barclay Peat, founder of the accountancy firm of Peat Marwick. He was educated at Eton College and at Trinity College, University of Oxford, where he received an MA degree. He later attended the INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France, and obtained an MBA degree in 1977. He became an Associate Chartered Accountant in 1965 and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in 1975. Peat joined KPMG Peat Marwick Mitchell in 1972, became a partner in 1985. He led a 1986 study into the financial management of the Royal Household. From 1987 to 1990, he was the auditor of the Privy Purse and administrative adviser to the Royal Household. In 1990, he was appointed Director of Finance and Property Services of the Royal Household, while remaining a partner at KPMG. He retired from KPMG in 1993, and in 1996 was appointed Keeper of the Privy Purse and Treasurer to the Queen, and Receiver General of the Duchy of Lancaster. He retired from these positions in 2002, when he was appointed as private secretary to the Prince of Wales, taking control of the Office of the Prince of Wales. In 2005 he was made Principal Private Secretary to TRH The Prince of Wales & The Duchess of Cornwall. Peat stepped down as the Prince of Wales' Private Secretary in January 2011. He continued to undertake investment and financial projects for the Prince and provide advice on a part-time basis.〔(Sir Michael Peat to step down as advisor to Prince of Wales ) - website telegraph.co.uk〕 Peat was replaced as Principal Private Secretary by William Nye, formerly Director of the National Security Secretariat, Cabinet Office and a career civil servant with experience working at the Home Office and the Treasury.〔(William Nye appointed as Principal Private Secretary to Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall; Office of the Prince of Wales, Clarence House, 30 June 2011 )〕 Peat became the new independent Chairman of GEMS Education's Board of Directors in 2014.〔("Fajr Capital, Mumtalakat and Blackstone acquire significant minority stake in GEMS Education" ). The Blackstone Group (press release). 15 October 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Peat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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