Peter Plisner

Specialist Speaker Peter Plisner: expert on transport and transport policy.

In recent years Peter Plisner has been a familiar TV face as BBC Midlands Today Transport and Business Correspondent. He has enjoyed a really varied career, having worked in engineering, photography, and as a financial correspondent for a national news networks. Peter joined the Midlands Today team in 1994, reporting on transport, road infrastructure, aviation and motoring, later adding the business brief to his portfolio.

Peter speaks on transport policy and its impact on business and interprets big picture visions of UK transport future on city and region. That currently includes Government moves to balance the economy and its impact on capital spending and the funding of infrastructure projects. During his career Peter’s been involved in scores of major transport schemes including construction of the M6Toll, HS2, and many other big railway infrastructure upgrades.