John is the Managing Director for Public Affairs, Policy and Research at TheCityUK. Prior to this he had worked for forty years in the City of London, including for Japanese, US and European banks, and latterly for sixteen years as Corporate Affairs Director at Legal & General Group Plc, where he also specialised in investing in regenerating towns and cities across the UK.
His career has included government service as Special Adviser to the Home Secretary, and in 2016-17 as Head of the Policy Unit in Number Ten Downing Street. Prior to joining TheCityUK he spent a year as Executive Director for Housing, Property and Regeneration at the West Midlands Combined Authority, unlocking some 8,000 housing units on brownfield sites. He grew up in the West Highlands and was educated at Lochaber High School and Oxford University where he studied law.