Peter Wright
President, The Planning Group

Business Strategy with Measurable Results
Peter Wright is a career business strategist and President of The Planning Group.  As a respected executive in the financial services industry and in his current consulting practice, Peter has successfully developed and executed business strategy with notable results.  His practical approach to strategic and operational planning ensures that plans are not only embraced by the management team, and board, but effectively implemented and measured.  

Insightful Leadership
As the Director of Strategic Planning at Mutual Life, and then Clarica, Peter led the overall operational and strategic planning process. In an environment of complex change, his skillful facilitation of planning sessions with the senior management team was instrumental in the determination of key strategic decisions. Peter left Sun Life Financial as Vice President of Corporate Accounts to launch The Planning Group in 2002.

Eradicating the Planning Gap
In his consulting practice, Peter advises clients in a wide range of industries, municipalities and not-for-profit environments.  An accomplished facilitator and trainer, he works with Boards and senior leadership teams to define and develop strategy, resolve operational issues, and overcome barriers to organizational performance.  By providing planning expertise, process advice and facilitation, Peter helps companies overcome the planning gap.  Linking strategy and action, he works with clients to foster growth.  

Sharing Lessons Learned
In 21 years of developing business plans, Peter has worked with more than 250 boards in 20 countries and created many successful tools, models, and practices for effective strategy.