I'm passionate about creating the future with care. You wouldn't fly with an untrained pilot or allow an unqualified doctor diagnose you, so why treat your business differently?
What I offer
Boardroom Training
John provides in-person and online Boardroom and Director training to clients with specific requirements, ranging from aspirant to individual Directors, comittees and main Boards.
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Board Reviewer
John acts as a Board Effectiveness reviewer, either independently for small entities or as an associate with other companies specialising in Board Effectiveness review services.
Board Adviser
As a Boardroom Adviser, John is your critical friend.
He provides insight and support across governance, leadership, strategy and finance, bringing expertese in planning, complex risk management, issues resolution and stakeholder relations.
Mentoring
In addition to mentoring new and aspiring Directors, John mentors women, veterans and people from under-represented groups into business and senior leadership roles.
Speaking
John speaks on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) allyship, often as an ambassador for the Institute of Directors.
Boardroom Consulting
John occasionally has capacity for short-term boardroom consulting projects focussed on improving the administration and management of boards.
D7 Advisers Ltd
D7 Advisers helps founders, owners, Boards and their organisations make better quality decisions that add value to people, planet and financial bottom line.
Experiences
Who will your next business copilot be?
There's more similarities between flying an aircraft and running a business than you might think.
You wouldn't fly with an untrained pilot or allow an unqualified doctor diagnose you, so why treat your business differently?
It's why you should choose your next business co-pilot carefully.
Institute of Directors - Ambassador
I've been an IoD ambassador since 2023, supporting the development of 'Better Directors'.
OnBoarding Officers - Ambassador
OnBoarding Officers is an exclusive community for exiting military officers to help them transfer their skills into the commercial world and become world-class business leaders.
Board member at HighGround
HighGround helps Service Leavers, Reservists and Veterans to work out what military skills and experience they have, how they will map into the land-based sector and how to access the many opportunities it offers for employment and self-employment.
Strategy Adviser
Former adviser to The LandApp, an early-stage startup bringing technology and nature together so that everyone from landowners, farmers, farm advisors, land agents, ecologists and surveyors can better protect the landscape and secure its future.
Brexit Resilience Director
Parachuted into Highways England Ltd as the Special Projects Director to form and lead a new business unit responsible for Brexit resilience planning across the company and into local and central government. A little like being on military operations but without being shot at!
UK Armed Forces
First career spent serving in the UK, Germany, Hong Kong, Nepal, the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan with the British Army and wider Defence. Please just ask if you would like to know more. Best job...forming and leading the UK Media Communications unit in Afghanistan. Left for greater challenge.
