John is a C-suite executive who has built and run businesses in North America, Europe, South & SE Asia, Mainland China, Australia and Japan. John began his career with IBM in Finance & Planning, with a thorough grounding in P&L and balance sheet management. Subsequently, John began a sales career with IBM's Banking Division, during which he became the most decorated sales leader in IBM UK. Following an assignment to the Global General Manager of IBM in New York, John was recruited by the Chairman and CEO of Equifax to run European operations for this Fortune 500 Financial Services company. Since this position, he has been retained by various FinTech companies to grow their revenues exponentially. John is currently building a global business for Ripple, the #1 crypto and blockchain technology company in the world. Since early 2017, he has built RippleNet into a global payments network covering over 300 clients across more than 100 countries. Being highly knowledgeable on the developments of blockchain, tokenization and Web3 technologies, he travels constantly to meet with industry partcipants around the world to discuss alternative financial strategies. Based in London, John is a dual citizen of the USA and United Kingdom.