Peter Nankivell has been a practising commercial lawyer for 33 years and consults to Thomson Geer lawyers where he has been for 25 years. He was formerly the Chairman of Partners at Herbert Geer lawyers and is the past Chair of the Centre for Eye Research Australia Ltd and a past Director of Xavier College Foundation Limited . Peter is currently a director and advisory board member to a number of companies. 

Peter chairs the Governance, Risk, Integrity and Compliance Committee, is a member of the Kennedy Community Centre Committee and the Clubs Finance and Audit  Committee. He was elected to the Board in 2014.

Nankivell holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Melbourne and a Master of Laws from Kings College University of London.