Peter Cleasby is a contributing editor of Exeter Observer.
A former senior civil servant, specialising in policy development and managing public business, he subsequently became a freelance policy, management and governance consultant, and a trustee of several national and local charities.
Today, he has escaped from the boardroom and works - unpaid, of course - as a watch-keeper at Exmouth Coastwatch, research officer for Exeter Green Party, occasional blogger, campaigner for openness in public life, and doing any other interesting odd jobs that crop up from time to time.
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