
As a first year trainee chartered accountant with KPMG (then Peat Marwick), John had the opportunity to be seconded to their Corporate Recovery team. He never went back.
John qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1982 and became a Licensed Insolvency Practitioner in 1986.
John's experience has covered all aspects of recovery and insolvency. He has increasingly specialised in turnaround and business restructuring and cites early involvement as fundamental to success as this inevitably increases the available options.
Since joining Geoffrey Martin & Co as a partner in March 2001, John has continued to develop the firm's innovative approach to business recovery. He firmly believes that one of the differentiating features of the practice is the strength of the relationships established when working with stakeholders such as directors, shareholders and financial institutions.
John invests significant time and effort into such relationships and, as an effective turnaround invariably takes time, believes that the strength of this working relationship is often the key factor to achieving a successful outcome.