John is a founding stakeholder in the Groundscope business. He has a substantial corporate commercial and marketing background gained with leading retailers including Pepsi Co and Marks & Spencer.
He was also a founding Director of Active Hotels, Europe’s leading online hotel reservations supplier which had revenues of £100m before being acquired by Priceline.com.
Previously he was a Director in the 3i backed management buyout of Great Western Trains, where he grew revenue from £250m to £350m before selling the business to First Group Plc.
John is a business management and marketing graduate and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing from Westminster University.