John Curtin is a Visiting Professor at University of Southampton. He possess expertise in stakeholder engagement, environmental awareness, strategy, management, sustainability and 28 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "There are okay managers and there are really good managers, John was certainly the latter. A very approachable person who was easy to get on with and work for, and one with a good sense of humor! Innovative and efficient, a quick thinker with an infectious enthusiasm and a determination for for making things happen. Working on gathering and monitoring the implementation of lessons identified from many previous floods and exercises was a new piece of work, which we constructed and developed from scratch. John inspired an increased level of confidence in me and encouraged me to challenge key managers on slow progress and non performance of lessons. Although we worked remotely I knew I could rely on John to give me any help and support I needed. A pleasure and a privilege to work for, a manager I highly recommend." and "John and I worked together as members of the Public Met Service Commissioning Group. From the first time I met him, I was impressed by his obvious knowledge, skill and dedication to his work. He combines authority and integrity with good humour, and is one of the nicest people to work with on any complex issue."