Appointed 17 February 2021

John’s professional life was spent almost exclusively in the Telecoms sector, and he has extensive experience in the field of operations, and customer service. His career includes 20 years’ experience at divisional board level in a variety of executive and non-executive roles and his last position with BT was as Managing Director (MD) Openreach. As MD, he was responsible for the delivery and repair of customer service and for the provision and maintenance of the local access network for the south of the UK. Away from the boardroom, John is a keen walker and cyclist and enjoys nothing better than hill walking with his Dogs.