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Until early 2002, John was a director of Compass Partnership, the not-for-profit management consultancy, which he joined in 1996 after five years with the UK government agency, the Audit Commission. Whilst at the Commission, John led their work with the social housing sector’s funding and regulatory agency, the Housing Corporation, and earlier led service and quality reviews of a range of other public service providers across London and SE of England.

Prior to an MBA, John worked as the Director of North Staffordshire MIND, and was the Africa Programme Manager for the UK NGO Help the Aged. John also spent seven years with Voluntary Service Overseas, during which time he worked in London as a Development Officer and in Zambia and Belize as the Programme Director. John is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development, a Member of the Chartered Management Institute and a Fellow of the Institute of Business Consulting. Originally taking French & German at university, John later took a Diploma in International Relations (London).