Location Marlow, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Gender Male
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John is currently Chairman of Imanova, UK Biocentre and Edimburgh Molecular Imaging, and a non-executive Director of Renishaw plc and ProMetic Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
He was previously the Chair of Cardiff University and a Director of the University Employers Association. From 2009 to 2011 John was Deputy Chief Executive of the Medical Research
Council, a member of its Audit and Risk Committee and Chaired the Trustee Board of MRC Technology until 2014.
An advisor to public and third sector organizations, he was appointed by the Prime Minister in 2014 as the Life Science Champion for medical technology. John leads Innovate UK’s Stratified Medicine Advisory Board and the KTN’s Health Board, and has contributed to advisory panels for the MRC, EPSRC, NIHR, NCUB and the Wellcome Trust. He serves on several Government bodies including the Ministerial Committee on Medical Technologies, was an inaugural member of the Science Advisory Council for Wales and a founder Trustee of the Francis Crick Institute. He is also Chair of the Strategic Advisory Panel for the Singapore Government’s Diagnostics Hub and interim Chair of the Scottish Center for Medical Technologies.
In an industrial career spanning 35 years he held senior international leadership positions in global companies including Smith & Nephew, Bristol Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson and Amersham plc. John headed the commercial function of GE’s Life Science business and was the Chairman of its UK Healthcare Company. His domain experience ranges from medical devices and therapeutic pharmaceuticals to in-vivo and in-vitro diagnostics; encompassing research, product development, manufacturing and commercialization.
John is engaged with international, national and local charities including the Africa Research Excellence Fund and is Co-Chair of the Clare Foundation.
He was awarded the CBE for services to Life Sciences, Healthcare and Science in 2012.
