John has an electricity engineering background in both UK and International electricity utilities. He has senior management, international sales and new product development experience with multi national companies covering, manufacturing projects and services, oil and gas sectos. A particular feature of his career has been providing the leadership necessary to build teams, in a technical environment for new ventures within large organisations. He managed a European wide TQM initiative for a US Multi National company in the early 90's.

John has been a member of the Chartered Institute of Management for over 35 years. He also studied Systems and the Impact of Technology on mankind with the Open University.