Peter Briscoe an Englishman, born in 1950, and studied Industrial Chemistry and Management at Loughborough University of Technology. He moved to The Netherlands in 1974 and was asked by his company to set up a subsidiary in Holland, selling chemical specialties to the aerospace and food processing industries. From 1986 to 2002, Peter was Executive Director of CBMC, Christian Businessmen's Committees, in Holland. In 1990, Peter set up "Synthesys". a consulting company specialising in chemical product development. When the Berlin Wall collapsed in 1990, Peter developed Europartners, a movement dedicated to reaching European business and professional leaders for Christ. From 2002, Peter took an assignment as Managing Director of a space operations company serving the European Space institutions and specialising in providing professional services for spaceflight activities. From 2008, Peter retired from business to develop a movement of Biblical stewardship in Europe, first of all through Crown Financial Ministries and then Compass - finances God's way. At home, Peter is Chair of the Church board of the Baptist Church of Leiden. He has been married to his Dutch wife, Didie, since 1972. They have three daughters and six grandchildren.