Dr Steve Peters is a Consultant Psychiatrist working in Elite Sport. He is resident with the British Cycling Team and Sky ProCycling and has current and past involvements in many other Olympic and non-Olympic Sports, including England Rugby and Premier league Football.

His career began with teaching Mathematics and then moved on to Medicine. He has worked in the clinical field of Psychiatry for the past twenty years culminating in working at a special hospital with patients who had severe and dangerous personality disorders. Steve has been with Sheffield University as a Senior Clinical Lecturer since 1994 and is also Undergraduate Dean. He holds degrees in Mathematics, Medicine and Medical Education (Masters Degree) and also postgraduate qualifications in Sports Medicine, Education and Psychiatry.

He is a member of the Royal College and is on the College Membership Panel for examinations.

He is a member of the Therapeutic Use Exemption Panel for UK Sport.

His specialist interest is in the working of the human mind and how it can reach optimum performance applied to all walks of life.

Steve Peters is author of The Chimp Paradox, which is a book explaining how the Human mind operates and how any individual can learn skills to manage their mind. The book uses the Chimp Model, created by Steve, as a means of understanding and working with the mind. This simple model looks particularly at emotional management.
 
For fun, he competes in Track and Field Athletics and has held multiple World Masters Champion Titles and World Records over the 100, 200 and 400 metres.