John is an Executive Director of Devonport Royal Dockyard Ltd, part of Babcock, and has accountability for the Major Projects at Devonport.

On graduation John joined BP plc and worked in a variety of technical and commercial roles before moving to a number of US Energy companies to develop and deliver energy projects in the UK, US and Eastern Europe. He joined BAA as Project Leader on Terminal 5 and on the successful completion of the project moved to BG Group as Global Head of Projects. In 2013 he was seconded to Karachaganak Petroleum Operating Company in Kazakhstan to lead the development of the Karachaganak Field.  He joined Sellafield Ltd in 2016 and was Projects Director before moving to Babcock in 2020.

John is Fellow of the Association for Project Management and the Institute of Directors and is a Freeman of the City of London. He is a Non Executive Director of the Major Projects Association