Led several company rescue missions where substantial losses were turned into profit.

Has successfully steered expansion projects involving multi million £’s of investment often utilising state of the art ground / breaking technology.
Overseen transformation of small independent producer of general paper products to number one UK producer of copier paper over a two year period.

Retaining a keen interest in learning, development & motivation, have sat on & chaired the boards of several learning & educational institutions including Robert Gordon’s University, Aberdeen, Scottish Paper Industry Training Organisation.

Experienced negotiator with trade Unions at both plant level & nationally.
An inorgarual member of the UK Edwards Demming Institute.

Regular lecturer to the faculty of engineering at Lancaster University.

Highly experienced practitioner of cultural integration.

Possess a passionate belief that motivated people can be more productive.

Devising, selling & installing belief in strategy has underpinned all of his activities.

Direct experience of expansion into new markets both in Europe, the far East & for innovative products to open up new markets.

Has wide knowledge of Quality systems, environmental improvement programmes & successful safety management systems.

Been involved in several buy ins & buy outs, involving venture capital & institutional clubs.

Senior performance coach for teams, individuals & CEO’s.

With wide experience of leading public, private, national & international corporations, John is quickly able to understand the issues that matter within organisations. Whether coaching the senior team, supervisory team or in one to one sessions he is able to relate to people & issues quickly & help facilitate plans which will impact on the corporate performance.

International experience & an understanding of the cultural management needs give multi national clients another dimension when applying improvement techniques.

The experience profile enables JK to give high impact, credible personal coaching & support to executives.