John Smart is a Director at Cognitio Ltd. He possess expertise in business strategy, management, business planning, finance, managerial finance and 22 more skills. He is proficient in French. Colleagues describe him as "What's great about John is that not only does he have all the great technical expertise and analytcal skills that he brings as a Chartered Accountant, but that he is excellent company and quickly sees the 'big picture' solution. These qualities enable him to excel at the highest level." and "I have worked with John on the Audit committee since 2007. He is an extremely capable and highly effective CFO who has both an excellent grasp of the day to day business challenges of the executive and a thorough understanding of the executive's financial environment. He has developed the finance function to a point were it deservedly receives praise and commendation from both our internal and external partners and has achieved this at a time of unprecedented budget and resourcing pressures."