Deputy Chairmain, Senior Independent Non-Executive Director

John is the senior non-executive director of Xaar plc (appointed in 2001) a global supplier of inkjet technology and printheads. He is also a non-executive director of a Lloyd's broker and five UK listed investment trusts, including Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust plc and JP Morgan Claverhouse Investment Trust plc.

Until February 2005, John was a non-executive director of Quiktrak Networks plc, a secure tracking and data messaging network operator, and prior to that worked for Lazard Brothers & Co., Limited for 20 years, where he was appointed an executive director in 1988.

John holds an MBA from INSEAD and an MA in Economics from Cambridge University.