John joined Igloo in 2006 as a development director, having been inspired by an environmental documentary film (more on that later) to make his time, talent and career count for something in shaping the world around him for environmental and social good. In 2022 he became a Director of the business.John’s background, starting his career as a chartered surveyor at DTZ (now Cushman & Wakefield), is in Red Book property valuation, and commercial property and residential land agency.At Igloo, as a Director, John leads our development activities in the South of the UK, and takes responsibility for our brand, culture and innovation. Over the years he has led on a number of igloo’s celebrated projects, such as Four Hundred Caledonian Road, the multi award-winning scheme in London with Aviva Investors. Today he supports our development teams with some of our major projects including Central Winchester Regeneration (with Winchester City Council, Thriving Investments and Genr8 Kajima) and Oakfield in Swindon (with Nationwide Building Society).Outside of igloo, John founded, and is currently a non-executive director of, the UK Green Film Festival, the UK’s largest multi-city annual film festival dedicated to sourcing and screening the best environmental film documentaries of the day in cinemas and community facilities around the country. He also leads a local group of volunteers where he lives in Bath, managing a community meadow and taking the role of Chief Goat Herder.