Our Management Team
Chris Peel
Chief Executive Officer
Chris Peel joined The Training Room in 2020 as CEO, bringing a wealth of experience as an accomplished business leader built across a number of different markets, including the training and education sector. Prior to joining the organisation, he ran one of the largest training and education companies operating in the U.K. today, a business he set up and led for 5 years.
Chris brings to The Training Room an excellent track record in developing and growing organisations, capitalising on market change to gain competitive advantage and generating strong, sustainable returns. He operates with a passion for product innovation and maximising on technological change to meet ever-changing customer needs.
What he enjoys most about his role is taking great pride in developing his teams, building strong customer relationships and delivering products and services that have a genuine, positive and long-lasting socio-economic impact within the wider community.
His passions in life include:
- Family, friends and seeing his son develop
- Understanding people, their motivations and seeing true potential being achieved
- Learning new skills and continuously developing
- Watching and playing sport, a passion for rugby, cricket and golf
- Supporting charities as a non-exec/trustee
- Learning and experiencing different cultures
- The thrill of overcoming difficult challenges with the team
Chris joined the Training Room because of its ambition, the organisation’s growing reputation, the talent that exists within the business and above all, its genuine values to want to make a significant difference to people’s lives, connecting our students with sustainable opportunities and helping people realise their full potential in vocations they are passionate about.