Commander in Chief of Explorator Group

 

John has been the Commander in Chief of Explorator Group since 2019 and has steered the group through its first three acquisitions supplemented by three years of organic growth from initial start-up.

A Chartered Accountant, business coach and financial consultant for many years and between 2012 and 2023 John also ran EGIAN, the representative office of the mid-tier networks and associations of the international accounting profession on European regulatory affairs.

From 1993 until its sale for £70m in 2009, John was a key partner of RSM Bentley Jennison where from 2001 he was appointed a Group Board member and led the £40m private sector division of this top 15 accountancy group in the UK.

From 2007 it was the exclusive UK member firm for RSM International, the 7th largest accountancy network in the world. John started with 15 years at KPMG where he qualified as a chartered accountant, chartered tax adviser and registered auditor and first honed his corporate finance skills.