20 Facts About Peter Hendy

Peter Hendy was educated at Latymer Upper School and the University of Leeds, where he graduated in Economics and Geography in 1975.

Peter Hendy started his career in the public transport industry in 1975 as a London Transport graduate trainee.

Peter Hendy moved up the career ladder, eventually taking on the role of managing director of CentreWest London Buses Ltd in 1989, managing it under London Transport ownership.

Peter Hendy became a director of New World First Bus in Hong Kong.

Peter Hendy continued in post after the election of Boris Johnson as Mayor of London in 2008.

Peter Hendy was knighted for his work at the Games.

In February 2015, Peter Hendy was criticised by the Fawcett Society for attending a men-only dinner held by the Transport Golfing Society, as a guest of Alexander Dennis.

Peter Hendy apologised and made a personal donation to the Fawcett Society.

In July 2015, Peter Hendy left the position of Commissioner, replaced on an interim basis by Mike Brown.

In 2024, Peter Hendy pressured engineering consultancy SYSTRA to take disciplinary action against rail engineer Gareth Dennis after he told a reporter for the Independent website that Euston station was "unsafe".

At the Railway Industry Association conference in November 2024 - having left Network Rail following his appointment to government - Peter Hendy apologised for suggesting that Network Rail could withhold contracts from a company based on media comments by an employee.

Between 2013 and 2015, Peter Hendy was the chairman of International Association of Public Transport.

Peter Hendy is an independent trustee of the London Transport Museum.

In March 2023, Peter Hendy was appointed chairman of the Heritage Railway Association.

Peter Hendy is the Honorary Chairman of the London Bus Museum.

Peter Hendy has been awarded the following honorary degrees: Doctor of Science by City, University of London in 2010; Doctor of Engineering by the University of Bath in 2014; Doctor of Laws by the University of Leeds in 2015; and Doctor of Letters by Queen Mary University of London in 2018.

On 17 November 2022, Peter Hendy was created Baron Peter Hendy of Richmond Hill, of Imber in the County of Wiltshire.

Peter Hendy is married to Sue Pendle, a human resources consultant; the couple, who live in Richmond, London, have two children.

Peter Hendy is part of the group of organisers of Imberbus, the 23A scheduled bus service that runs once a year, to raise money for charity, to the isolated and abandoned Wiltshire village of Imber, which is surrounded by military firing ranges on Salisbury Plain and is normally closed to the public.

In 2013, Peter Hendy, who was then the Commissioner of Transport for London, was accused of engaging in a nine-month affair with a call girl.