Peter Buffoni
Principal
work
11 - 13 Hanover Square
London
W1S 1JJ
Peter Buffoni is a Principal Consultant within Odgers Interim with particular responsibility for Life Sciences and Central Government. Based in London Peter has a broad range of experience in commercial and public sector work.
Peter has taken an unconventional route into recruitment. He began his career in the police and served for over ten years both in the UK and internationally. He spent time in the military before working for the English Sports Council where he was responsible for monitoring the then £150m annual lottery sports fund spend. He has direct experience of working closely with scientists and academics from his time as the National Manager for Great Britain’s Olympic Canoe Sport Science Programme. This included building close working relationships with bio-mechanists, physiologists, nutritionists and psychologists to help ensure a successful inter-disciplinary (rather than multi-disciplinary) approach to Olympic sport science support.
In 2001 Peter was approached to join PricewaterhouseCoopers’ executive search business. He has significant experience recruiting for senior roles and has worked specifically in providing interim management solutions since 2008.
Peter has a Masters in Sports Management (which was awarded with distinction). During his career he spent time as a professional swimming coach, scuba diving instructor and Royal Yachting Association first aid instructor and maintains a keen interest in sport.
Sectors
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Life Sciences
As life sciences continues to experience radical change in the competitive landscape; strong leadership talent is the differentiator.
Functions
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Board & CEO
As world-class organisations grapple with the global challenges of the 21st century, it is their leaders that define success.
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Corporate Communications
Chief executives are recognising the importance of strengthening and protecting corporate reputation and the vital role played by corporate communications in doing this.
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Financial Management
As the role of the finance function in corporate decision-making becomes ever-increasingly important, so the demands on finance leaders are rising.
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Human Resources
HR has become a commercial business partnering role; finding candidates who can make a genuine contribution to the organisation is paramount to a successful appointment.
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IT Management
Today's Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) play a vital role in the creation of the firm's strategic plan and in articulating how technology can enable business strategies.
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Legal
The law plays an increasing role in business life today; corporate and practicing lawyers at the height of their profession are hard to attract.
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Sales & Marketing
Finding quality sales and marketing people who will really deliver for your organisation is all about uncovering what’s behind the personal pitch.
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Procurement & Supply Chain
Odgers Interim are leaders in interim procurement and interim supply chain appointments. As the demand for specialist procurement & supply chain expertise increases our practice recognises the need for an international network of interim managers.
I have worked closely with Peter over the past 18 months in my role as Head of Recruitment for a national organisation. He has supplied several interims for the organisation all of whom have been of an excellent calibre and all of which have received at least one contract extension. Peter is able to translate the outline resourcing brief into a range of viable candidates and has proven to be flexible and considered in his approach to candidates and contracting arrangements. I have very much enjoyed working with Peter - he is customer focused, straight forward, efficient and a pleasure to work with.
