Peter Thompson (broadcaster)

Peter Thompson
Self-portrait photograph, 2010
Born	1952 (age 71–72) Sydney, New South Wales
Nationality	Australian
Education	St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill St Pius X College, Sydney
Alma mater	Australian National University Australian Graduate School of Management Harvard Kennedy School
Occupations	Broadcast journalist Educator Communications consultant
Notable work	Talking Heads (2005-2010)

Peter Thompson (born 1952) is an Australian broadcast journalist and educator. He is a Fellow of the Australia and New Zealand School of Government^[1] and an adjunct professor at Macquarie University. He is director of the Centre for Leadership, a private consultancy on communication.

Thompson was the presenter of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Talking Heads, a weekly biographical television program about the lives of prominent Australians, which began on ABC1 in 2005 and ended in 2010 after 238 episodes.^[2]