Cllr Cereste is the Leader of Peterborough City Council and Deputy Chair of the Board of the East of England Development Agency (EEDA).

Marco is the chair of a group of family businesses.  Chair of Peterborough Renewable Energy Limited and holds a number of non-executive directorships including Opportunity Peterborough.

He has recently retired from the Chair of NHS Peterborough after 25 years of service. He is founder chair of the NHS Confederation, is a former member of the NHS Executive International Audit Development Group and the NHS Corporate Governance Advisory Panel.