Peter started learning about general paint systems on a daily base at the age of 12 at a technical school (LTS) in the Netherlands. Following completion of the LTS at age 16, he then signed up for the CNS in the city of Zwolle, which is the College for Chemical and Specific Coating Education, graduating at the age of 21.
Peter was introduced to the yachting industry while doing his college apprenticeship at Klaver Yacht painting. He was part of a small repair team that was sent to Mallorca to deal with some paint warranty issues. Interacting with crew members on a daily base lead to catching the yachting bug.
After achieving his college degree a year later, he starting crewing on super-yachts for 4 years.
In 1991, Awlgrip was looking to expand its sales and technical operations into Europe and Peter was invited to join as the Technical Sales Manager, being based at the European headquarters of Awlgrip in Belgium.
Following a period of nearly 10 years at Awlgrip, Peter was invited to join Ocean Coatings, a superyacht paint application company based in Mallorca, as a commercial director followed after 3 years by Oceana Yacht Finishing.
After increasingly being called upon for assisting in paint technical issues, Peter decided to open up Coating Survey & Inspections S.L. in 2004, a company specialized in coating consultancy, surveys and inspections on large new build and refit superyacht projects worldwide.
In 2004, Peter introduced the BYK Gardner dual wave scan into the superyacht coating industry and developed and implemented the first industry coating acceptance criteria with measurable data values and parameters for Orange peel, Distinction of Image, Dullness and Tension.
Peter then became involved for the development of the ICOMIA, ISO and Pinmar coating acceptance/delivery standards.
In 2012, Peter took CSI to Rybovich in West Palm Beach, Florida for a 3 year contract as the Vice President General Manager of their coating division in order to set up and manage Rybovich’ s in-house paint and hardware team, a group which grew to over 100 permanent employees and refinished 63 large projects under Peters responsibility.
CSI moved back to their headquarters base in Mallorca, Spain in 2015 continuing their bespoke and unique coating services.