John is an entrepreneurial business leader and active Board Member with global experience in Digital, Global Sports, Consultancy and Climate Change Startups and Scale-ups having raised over £200M through the Global Capital Markets.
He has been involved in IPOs and M&A and the business challenges that these activities bring over several decades. He blends drive, vision and tenacity with a lifetime experience of business ups and downs. He is an experienced Chairman and NED, currently engaged in Board Advisory as part-owner of both Global Sport and AI-based Climate Change Businesses as well as an active Trustee of Somerset Sight, the oldest Charity (1919) in Somerset.
NED & Board Advisory Experience
- The Memento Group Chairman & Founder April 2010 - June 2021, part-owner and advisor to date
- Step 5 Group Non-executive Director April 2017 - December 2020 - merged into TXM Consulting
- Spectrum Aviation Non-executive Director January 2017 - December 2019 merged Spectrum Aviation into FTSE100 ABF PLC
- ecometric Limited Non-executive Director 2021 to date
- Wells Cathedral School Parents Association Trustee and Treasurer - October 2016 - September 2022
- Somerset Sight Trustee - April 2023 to date
Skills
- Leadership
- Team building
- Mental Health
- Digital
- Global Sport
- Climate Change
- Consultancy
- Government
- Program and Project Management
- Telecommunications
- Professional Services
Credentials
- BSC Applied Polymer Chemistry - June 1985