Peter was born in Truro, Cornwall on February 1st, 1962, fourth child of six to Tony and Rosemary Gillespie, he is survived by his wife Merci, four brothers Simon, Mark, Johnny, Jubes, and his sister Karen. In 1969 the family moved to Newport-on-Tay in Fife, on the south bank of the River Tay and Peter went to school at Newport Primary and later Madras College in St Andrews. He graduated with a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh and started his career with Lucas Engineering in Kent. A broken leg, incurred playing cricket afforded him the spare time to become highly proficient in IT skills, which he put to use initially at Lucas, eventually moving to Fidelity International where, apart from a brief interlude as Managing Director of Webscript Designs, he spent the remainder of his career, eventually progressing to Head of Information Security and Technology Risk

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