John is a chartered civil engineer with over 30 years’ experience working with developers, the Environment Agency, Local Authorities, consultants and water companies. During his career he has, and continues to work, on projects in Ireland, the Philippines, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Chile, Hong Kong and the Caribbean (Nevis, St Lucia and Grenada).

Between 2010 and 2013, John was a Royal Academy of Engineers & Ove Arup Foundation lecturer at the University of Bath (UK). He lectured in river and coastal engineering and was responsible for the Industrial Design Project for a period of four years which is a major element of the 4th year undergraduate Masters course at Bath University.

John is also responsible for organising the bi-annual TUFLOW conferences on behalf of BMT who are the authors of the modelling software. This conference includes two days of presentations, workshops and discussions on the use of the software. The last conference was held in April 2018 with a theme of natural flood risk management.