Peter J. Leets, BS

Biographical Sketch

Peter Leets is an organizational consultant with Apex Performance Strategies and the Managing Partner for The Leets Consortium, headquartered in Newport Beach, California. Peter helps senior executives expand their life and career options. His coaching, ensures every corporate and individual need is met through leadership development, team building, coaching and executive career transition assistance.

Prior to establishing TLC in 2003, he was Regional Managing Principal with Right Management Consultants. He joined Right when his consulting business, Executive Assets was acquired by them in 1994. Peter, and his family, moved to Southern California from New York in 1987 when he joined The Geneva Corporation as Executive Vice President. Later, he became President of this Irvine-based M & A firm. Earlier, he was Vice President for Dell Publishing, with worldwide marketing and sales responsibility. Peter’s career began with marketing and sales management positions with Revlon, Johnson & Johnson and Hallmark companies.

He has been directly involved with corporate governance for more than a decade. He is a member of Chapman University’s Human Resources and Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics Advisory Boards. Peter has served on the boards of the Professional Coaches and Mentors Association, the Forum for Corporate Directors, Career Beginnings, the Constitutional Rights Foundation and the PIHRA Foundation. He is a member of the Tech Coast Angels.

Peter was Chairperson for the Irvine Chamber of Commerce Business Outlook Conference, has worked closely with the University of California, Irvine, Graduate School of Management, was a participant in the Executive MBA Speaker Series and is currently mentoring a UCI MBA student.

He was a board member for the International Association of Career Management Professionals and has achieved “Fellow” designation from the Outplacement Institute.

Peter holds a B.S. in Marketing from Indiana University.

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