John is the director of Liverpool City Region Freeport and is the UK representative of the World Free Zones Organisation.

John has been involved in international transport and trade for over 30 years, and was the international haulage industry representative to various government departments during the Brexit preparations since 2018.

John is now leading  the Liverpool Freeport Zone project, which is capitalising on the port being the UK gateway to transatlantic trade.

The freeport zone is also enabling the largest regional regeneration project in decades, and will be foremost in innovative zero-carbon energy and transport strategies.