John’s career as a fundraiser began by raising sponsorship for the Sydney then Edinburgh Festivals. He directed capital fundraising programmes for Edinburgh University’s Medical Research Institute and the Edinburgh Napier Business School and since has consulted for many other fundraising campaigns and advised non-profits on their fundraising in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, the Middle-East and India. John spent over 12 years successfully running his own company advising non-profit organisations and fundraisers worldwide. More recently he was awarded a PhD for thesis on Philanthropy