Peggy was appointed President of the Richmond Football Club in October 2013 and has been a member of the board since November 2005. Peggy became a Life Member of the Club in 2015.

In April 2018, she was appointed to the AFL’s Competition Committee. Peggy also serves on the AFL's Mental Health Steering Committee and the Australian Institute of Sport Athlete Wellbeing and Engagement Advisory Committee.

Peggy has been a consultant to Lander & Rogers since 2011 specialising in superannuation and financial services law.  Previously she was a partner at Herbert Smith Freehills from 1995-2009.

In August 2014 she was appointed to chair the Victorian Minister for Sport’s year-long inquiry into ‘Women and Girls in Sport and Active Recreation’ and was convenor of the Minister’s Change Our Game Champions program until July 2018.  From August 2017 until July 2020, Peggy was a member of Victoria’s Ministerial Council on Women’s Equality.

Peggy is presently chair of Vanguard Superannuation and is also a director of Infrastructure Specialist Asset Management Limited and VicHealth.

In the not-for-profit sector, she is on the board of Women's Housing Ltd and Dementia Australia Network and is also on the investment advisory panel of Home for Homes (an initiative of the Big Issue). She is also a member of the board of the Fulbright Australia Commission.

Peggy is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and a member of Chief Executive Women.

In December 2018, Peggy was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws by Swinburne University. In June 2019, she was made an Officer of the Order of Australia.