Peter Barron

{{Short description|Public relations head for Google}}

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| name = Peter Barron

| image = Google's Peter Barron Speaks at a Panel Discussion at the UN.jpg

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1962}}

| birth_place = Belfast, Northern Ireland

| education = Royal Belfast Academical Institution

| employer = BBC (former)
Google (current)

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Peter Barron (born 1962) is a Northern Irish journalist and Google's head of communications for Europe, Middle East and Africa.Mark Sweney and Leigh Holmwood [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/jul/28/bbc.television "Newsnight editor Peter Barron to join Google in communications role"], The Guardian website, 28 July 2008.

Peter Barron was born in Belfast and educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution. He spent most of his career at the BBC, and immediately prior to his Google appointment in 2008 had for four years been editor of the BBC programme Newsnight.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/news/peterbarron.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050326135622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/news/peterbarron.shtml|url-status=dead|title=BBC - Press Office - Peter Barron|archive-date=March 26, 2005}}