Peter Hirst

Current

Executive Director at MIT Sloan School of Management, Office of Executive Education
Director at British American Business Council New England
CEO & founding co-chair at British and Irish Graduates in America, Inc

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Past

Senior Director, Executive Programs at MIT Sloan School of Management
President at British American Business Council of New England
interim COO at CivicSpace Labs LLC

Founder and President at Open Social Sites LLC
Consultant at Peter Hirst Consulting
CEO at Enterprise LSE Ltd
Westminster Fellow at Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
Warden, New Hall at University of St Andrews
Research Assistant at University of St Andrews

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Education

University of St. Andrews

Connections

245 connections

Industry

Higher Education

Peter Hirst’s Experience

Executive Director

MIT Sloan School of Management, Office of Executive Education

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

June 2010 — Present (4 months)
Director

British American Business Council New England

(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

November 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)
CEO & founding co-chair

British and Irish Graduates in America, Inc

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Higher Education industry)

January 2006 — Present (4 years 9 months)

British and Irish Graduates in America promotes and supports collaboration between the US alumni communities of British and Irish universities and third level institutions. It provides a network for formal alumni organizations, informal groups and individuals who do not have an organized alumni group in their area.
Senior Director, Executive Programs

MIT Sloan School of Management

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

May 2007 — June 2010 (3 years 2 months)
President

British American Business Council of New England

(International Trade and Development industry)

November 2007 — November 2009 (2 years 1 month)

BABCNE's mission is to foster business development and networking opportunities between the United Kingdom and New England.
interim COO

CivicSpace Labs LLC

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

March 2007 — May 2007 (3 months)
Founder and President

Open Social Sites LLC

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

January 2007 — May 2007 (5 months)
Consultant

Peter Hirst Consulting

(Higher Education industry)

August 2002 — May 2007 (4 years 10 months)

I am a freelance science and technology policy and international higher education strategy consultant. My interests include:
- international performance metrics and benchmarking
- U2U, U2B and U2G partnerships to leverage intellectual capital
- management innovation
- entrepreneurship
- the new 'open source' economy
- networks and networking
CEO

Enterprise LSE Ltd

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Management Consulting industry)

March 1998 — July 2002 (4 years 5 months)

Enterprise LSE is a management consulting and executive education company owned by the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Westminster Fellow

Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology

(Government Agency; Government Administration industry)

March 1995 — March 1998 (3 years 1 month)

As a Westminster Fellow in the UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology ("POST") I was the science and technology policy adviser to UK parliamentarians for the physical sciences, information and communications technology and defense. POST is a unique office of both UK Houses of Parliament, that was created to provide objective analyses of issues in science and technology policy to inform the parliamentary process.
Warden, New Hall

University of St Andrews

(Higher Education industry)

1993 — 1995 (2 years )
Research Assistant

University of St Andrews

(Higher Education industry)

1989 — 1995 (6 years )