John is the chairman of the Banking and Aviation Finance Committee of the Society of Actuaries in Ireland. 

John is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries in Ireland and a  former chairman of the Society’s Investment & Finance  Committee.

He has served as a director of iShares plc, an index and ETF fund manager; a director of Alder Capital, a systematic, target-risk currency and equity fund manager; and as a member of the investment committee of the board of Eagle Star Life (now Zurich). 

John’s name has been entered in the Prizes’ Book of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries for two papers including one entitled Hedge Funds.

He holds an Honours Degree in Engineering from Trinity College and a Diploma in Aviation Leasing and Finance from the Law Society of Ireland

John is currently the Head of Investment Innovation at Cairn Capital.