John worked for 30 years in financial services, holding senior executive positions with IG Group, LMAX Ltd and Capital.com Ltd. He is a specialist in derivatives trading and analysis, and also has extensive regulatory experience, having led IG Group’s response to the FCA’s and ESMA’s interventions into the CFD industry from 2016 to 2018. John read Natural Sciences at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge and holds an MSc in Finance from London Business School.