As an agri-business consultant based in IHS Markit's (now part of S&P Global) Belgium office, John has worked on projects worldwide since joining the company in 2008. He specialises in EU agri-food polices, having managed and worked on large, high profile studies and evaluations in various different agriculture, food safety and agri-food trade areas for the European Commission, other EU institutions and international bodies.

John has an MA in international economic relations from the University of Konstanz, Germany, and a BSc (Hons) in computer science and business studies from the University of Birmingham, UK. As well as his native English, he is fluent French and Spanish, has a good working knowledge of German and a basic working knowledge of Romanian and Polish.