Peter Hinton is a British archaeologist and the current Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists.[1] Before working for the IfA he worked for the Museum of London Archaeology Service originally as a volunteer field archaeologist and eventually specialising as a post excavation manager. He started working for the IfA in 1997 after being actively involved since 1987.[2] He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries on 10 October 2003,[3] he is also a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.[4]