Goldman Sachs

Peel started her career in the equities division of Goldman Sachs in 1997 in London and became an executive director before leaving in 2003.^{[21][7][4][2]}

Outset Contemporary Art Fund

Peel is a co-founder of the charity Outset Contemporary Art Fund, which is based in London and was launched in 2003.^[22][7][16] The charity created a model whereby artists could be presented to potential donors in order to raise funds to purchase their work, or to fund new commissions with a view to donating them to public institutions.^[7] The Fund purchased over 100 pieces for the Tate Modern, and commissioned work by artists including Francis Alys, Yael Bartana, Candice Breitz and Steve McQueen.^[7][21]

Intelligence Squared

In 2009, Peel co-founded Intelligence Squared Asia with Amelie Von Wedel, a not-for-profit platform for hosting live debates in Hong Kong.^[23][22][24] In 2012 Peel became CEO of Intelligence Squared Group,^[23][25] bringing the live events business out of its financial difficulties.^[7] Peel has hosted interviews including: Olafur Eliasson and Shirin Neshat at Davos,^[26] Ai Wei Wei at the Cambridge Union.^[27]

Serpentine Galleries

In April 2016, Peel was appointed to the role of CEO of the Serpentine Galleries.^[28][4] Peel said it was her "mission to create a safe space for unsafe ideas",^[2] and to promote a "socially conscious Serpentine".^[16] She indicated that she wanted to give artists a greater say in the development of the Serpentine Galleries, in order to give "artists a voice in the biggest global conversations".^[16] Peel worked in tandem with the artistic director, Hans Ulrich Obrist.^[7]

Peel furthered the Serpentine Galleries' technological ambitions, introducing digital engagement initiatives including Serpentine Mobile Tours^[29] and the translation of the exhibition Zaha Hadid: Early Paintings and Drawings into virtual reality.^[30][31] Peel stated that she was "committed to maintaining and open-source spirit"^[32] at the Serpentine Galleries, and that it was her ambition "to inspire the widest audiences with the urgency of art and architecture".^[2] The Financial Times noted that Peel "has been able to lure companies such as Google and Bloomberg as partners to help meet the Serpentine's annual £9.5m target".^[29]

Peel and Obrist selected both the first African architect to work on a pavilion,^[33] and the youngest architect to do so.^[34] In 2018, she broadened the global reach of the Serpentine Pavilion programme by announcing the launch of a pavilion in Beijing designed by Sichuan practice, Jiakun Architects.^[35]

Together with Lord Richard Rogers and Sir David Adjaye, Peel and Obrist selected Burkina Faso architect Diébédo Francis Kéré to design the 2017 pavilion.^[36] The pavilion was awarded the Civic Trust Award in 2018.^[37]

The Serpentine selected Mexican architect Frida Escobedo to design the 2018 pavilion. She will be the youngest architect to have participated in the Pavilion programme since it began in 2000.^[34]

Peel stepped down as CEO in June 2019 as a consequence of the attention paid to her alleged co-ownership of NSO Group. However, a later clarification published by The Guardian confirmed that Peel was not involved in the management, operations or control of NSO. Peel had a less than 10% ownership of Novalpina Capital, which subsequently acquired NSO in 2019. Peel was not personally involved in the operation or decisions of Novalpina Capital, which was managed by her husband.^[6]