Peter Foy appointed Chairman of Streaming Tank
On April 1st Peter Foy was appointed Chairman of multi award winning live streaming specialist Streaming Tank. Peter is a former Managing Director of McKinsey & Co UK, the international management consultancy firm. He was a member of McKinsey's worldwide Board and spent ten years as head of the firm’s European Consumer Goods practice. During his very successful career, he has held a number of marketing positions with other major companies such as Gillette, L'Oreal and Colgate-Palmolive.
After leaving McKinsey in 1995 Peter became Chairman of Baring Brothers International which had been acquired as the corporate finance arm of ING's Investment Bank, a position he held until 1999. More recently he has held the following posts: Deputy Chairman of P&O Princess Cruises plc, Chairman of Whitehead Mann plc, and a Director of PepsiCo Inc., Safeway plc. and Omnicom Inc.
In addition to these roles Peter has served as Deputy Chairman of the Royal Ballet School and maintains a close connection with Oxford University as a Fellow of St Peter's and St Anne's Colleges, a Faculty Board Member of the Business School and a Trustee of the Higher Studies Fund.
Commenting on the appointment James Wilkinson, co-founder and director at Streaming Tank said;
“Having a businessman of Peter’s calibre and vast experience on board is an extremely exciting prospect for us. We are confident that Peter will help us capitalise on our successes to date and take Streaming Tank to the next level in the video streaming market”.
