senior partNer
John is Board Member, executive and senior consultant across the energy transition, ESG, cybersecurity and digital technology sectors.
He is the Chairman of the Gresham House Energy Storage Fund specialised in the commercialisation of grid level storage investments.
As a highly respected and experienced corporate executive at BP for over 10 years in various roles including Group Chief Information Officer and President of Azerbaijan IOC, John has lead significant corporate integration and transformation programmes, and digital transformation.
He was awarded a CBE (Commander of the British Empire) for his leadership in this sector and John is a Fellow of the distinguished Royal Academy of Engineering, where he is a member of the Enterprise Committee which targets the growth of technology start-ups.
John’s other domains of expertise include commercialising, funding and scaling-up technology-based companies. He brings in Board level experience in a variety of companies, such as:
- Consulting/ advising digitisation of oil and gas/ energy sector supply chains;
- Board member of an innovative photo apps company;
- Board member of an innovative wind turbine company;
- Board member AIM listed financial services company;
- Advisory board member of a enterprise level software company in the business intelligence area;
- Board member of a privately held cyber security technology company;
He’s a speaker at international conferences and is a Senior Advisor to global “Blue Chip” consultants on digital transformation, change management, strategic corporate re-alignment and M&A.
Email: leggate@donedeal.eu
Tel: +44 776842 7252