John has a proven track record in both Finance and HR Management in Marks & Spencer. After completing his MBA John developed his HR knowledge and expertise by completing a number of generalist HR positions in addition to the specialist roles of Head of Graduate Recruitment, Head of Reward and Head of Employee Engagement.John is a lay member of the Employment Tribunal service and a lay assessor for NCAS. He has also demonstrated an active commitment to continuous professional development having gained an MBA, and is a trained practitioner of NLP, MBTI, Psychometric Testing (Levels A and B, and OPQ) and mediation.Throughout John’s career he has been actively involved in other organisations and forums ranging from acting as an advisor to the Edinburgh International Festival, Director of The Association of Graduate Recruiters and Chair of SBC’s Employability Leadership Group. More recently John has been involved with the Employee Engagement Task Force, led by David Macleod.John is committed to understanding how the needs of business can best be met through an engaged workforce.