Highly regarded Senior C suite executive and NED with a proven record for driving innovation, collaboration, business improvement , and strategic growth across tourism, hospitality, sport, retail & property sectors. A big picture thinker, with complimentary skills in commercial acumen, organisational development & creating long-term sustainable success.An inclusive leader, with an ability to lead and develop cross-functional teams, and multi-site businesses. People focussed & adept at communication at all levels. John believes high performance is achieved through alignment, clear purpose, goals and a high trust people culture. John thrives on growing his teams and developing executive talent development.John possesses highly tuned commercial instincts and enjoys managing thru change, and ambiguity. Across the past decade he has transformed the Customer focus in the businesses in which he has worked with significant ROI. His leadership transformed the customer focus at Scentre Group, he delivered a major turnaround at Cricket NSW and steered Destination NSW into a 10 year strategy and bold financial plan to grow investment - through the challenges of bushfires, drought and COVID across 2020 & 2021He consistently demonstrates skills capturing new business opportunities, is customer & digitally focussed. Transparent, open and positive, he collaborates well, and has a outstanding track record across all sectors in which he has worked .