Profile
John has more than 30 years’ experience leading complex, high technology businesses operating at a global level, including senior executive positions at Thales Group (where he was latterly executive vice president and chief operating officer, responsible for a 25,000+ people organisation), Lucent Technologies (where his responsibilities included being president of its worldwide GSM and UMTS businesses) and Hewlett-Packard.
He has significant experience of managing both large enterprises and growth companies, especially those supplying complex solutions and services to business customers, mergers and acquisitions, international/channel expansion and development of leadership teams. John has lived and worked in the USA and mainland Europe as well as the UK and is non-executive Chairman of Spectris plc, non-executive Chairman of Telecity Group plc, Deputy Chairman of Parity Group plc and a member of the Board of Nice Systems Limited (a NASDAQ listed company). He holds a BSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
Responsibilities
As non-executive chairman of Intec, John’s responsibilities focus on Board leadership, strategy, corporate and financial governance, as well as working closely with the executive team headed by the CEO.