He spent 20 years in civil engineering project design and management predominantly in the water industry, becoming a public sector technical director before going on to lead multi-disciplinary organisations in the commercial and charitable sectors, with particular interest in strategic management and governance.
He is an independent consultant.
John’s posts include Chief Executive & Secretary of one of the Church of England’s largest dioceses, a major charitable organisation occupying a central role in the life of many diverse communities.
He was Director General of the International Cotton Association, the regulatory and arbitral authority governing the US$60 billion annual value global traded commodity, where market volatility, environmental and resource sustainability, subsidies and tariff barriers were recurring sources of agroeconomic and political concern.
Member of the Commercial Courts Users Committee (RCJ).
John is a former ICE Director International, representing ICE’s interests overseas, supporting local associations and co-operating with universities, UK and foreign government departments and agencies, as necessary. He is Past-President and currently Honorary Secretary of Ingénieurs et Scientifiques de France (British section) and past Chair of the national public sector European Affairs Committee.
Between 1990 and 1999, he was Director of Technical Services and Environmental Services in SW England.
John has an MBA (Bristol) 1993, postgraduate Diploma in Law (London) 2002, is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Elected to ICE Council in 2012, Trustee Board in 2019, he is Chair of the Ethics Committee, member of the Policy & External Affairs Committee and the Standards Panel and a lead professional Reviewer in the UK, India and Hong Kong.
Awarded an honorary Jubilee Medal of Moscow State University (2001) for ‘Services to Education and Science’.