His current global leadership role includes advising clients across a wide range of energy and chemical products and markets; offering strategic business advice on responding to structural changes in the industry; building new investment cases or assisting in the valuation of potential acquisition targets. He frequently advises clients in Russia and the Middle East region. John has worked in a large variety of roles in the industry including plant design, manufacturing, research, business development and strategic planning. He has more than 36 years of experience in the chemicals industry, having spent seventeen years with Imperial Chemical Industries and a further 11 years at Chemical Market Associates, Inc. (CMAI) prior to its acquisition by IHS Markit, now S&P Global.

John completed an MBA at London Business School in 1999 and he is a graduate Chemical Engineer from Cambridge University, UK.​