Recommendations

“John is without doubt one of the most talented and visionary strategic thinkers I have ever worked with. His sophisticated approach to rationalising growth and environmental priorities, embedding this into a clear and consistent focus on place priorities as they relate to people and business is in my experience unparalleled. I have worked with him in different roles for over 20 years and I am delighted that he has chosen to make his considerable skills available as he moves to the next stage of his career.” 

— Sir Howard Bernstein

“I have enjoyed working closely with John on major projects for over 30 years. He has a unique collection of skills, I particularly value his calm leadership no matter how choppy the waters, thinking strategically as to how the project should move forward, being relentless in patiently looking for the solution, taking a multi-disciplinary approach that knots together the inevitably specialist technical outputs, nurturing team members, not taking no for an answer, reducing complexity to simple steps, and thereby achieving results for clients which would to many have appeared impossible”

— Simon Ricketts, Partner, Town Legal LLP