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Chief Executive

Peter Robbins OBE, QPM
Chief Executive
 
Peter Robbins
Having joined the Metropolitan Police Service in 1971, Peter rose to the rank of Borough Commander for Hackney. During his career he worked in the Obscene Publications Branch at Scotland Yard and liaised regularly with Child Protection Units. He specialised in inner city policing and public disorder events and acted as an independent police advisor to the Independent Electoral Commission in South Africa in 1994.  
 
He was awarded the Queens Police Medal in 2001 for distinguished police service.  
 
Peter was appointed Chief Executive of the IWF in April 2002 and has led the organisation’s expansion from a membership base of just fifteen companies to over eighty, a tripling of its income and the conversion from not-for-profit to charitable status. He has overseen major governance and role and remit reviews and a recent modernisation of the IWF’s Board, stakeholder and consultation structures. He continues to foster the extensive partnerships and organisational integrity on which the success of the IWF relies and is presently engaged in developing the IWF’s new three-year strategic plan.
 
He is a member of the Internet Crime Forum and the Home Secretary’s Task Force on the Protection of Children on the Internet. He chaired a national Search Engine Working Group on behalf of the Government which culminated in the publication of a good practice guide for search providers and consumers. He regularly presents at events relating to illegal online content and frequently speaks with the media at home and abroad.
 
Peter was awarded the OBE in the Queen’s 2008 New Years Honour’s list.
 

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