Peter Lewis (prosecutor)

Peter Lewis is a British prosecutor, serving from 2007 until 2016 as the Chief Executive of the Crown Prosecution Service under the Director of Public Prosecutions.^[1][2]

Lewis qualified as a solicitor in 1981, and started as a prosecutor in West Midlands Prosecuting Solicitors before joining the Crown Prosecution Service at its inception in 1986 when the police prosecutorial offices were merged into a single national body.^[1]

Appointed as Chief Executive in January 2007 to replace Richard Foster, Lewis was the first Chief Executive of the service to be appointed from within the ranks having started as a prosecutor.^[3] As of 2015, Lewis was paid a salary of between £160,000 and £164,999, making him one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time.^[4]

In February 2016, the CPS announced that Lewis would retire, and be replaced by Nick Folland from March 2016.^[2]

References

1. 1 2 "About the CPS : Chief Executive". www.cps.gov.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-28. 
2. 1 2 "New Chief Executive appointed at the Crown Prosecution Service". www.cps.gov.uk. 2016-02-19. Retrieved 2016-02-28. 
3. ↑ "Crown Prosecution Service Chief Executive appointed : Press Release : Crown Prosecution Service". www.cps.gov.uk. 2007-01-11. Retrieved 2016-02-28. 
4. ↑ "Senior officials 'high earners' salaries as at 30 September 2015 - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. 2015-12-17. Retrieved 2016-02-28. 

External links

• A portrait of Lewis by the photographer Mark Thomas
• An interview with Lewis in 2011