John joined Care City as Chief Executive in October 2016. Over the last two years, John has established Care City as a key player in the East London health and care system. He has continued to develop the programme of work, securing funding for the rollout of successful innovations and maintains a relentless focus on the two founding programme priorities of the Wave 1 Test Bed and NHS Healthy New Town at Barking Riverside.

Prior to joining Care City, John spent five years leading Innovation Unit, an independent non-profit that develops radically better, low-cost public services. Through his leadership, the organisation grew to thirty staff and extended to have international reach. Before his time at Innovation Unit, John worked as a Policy Advisor at the Cabinet Office and at the think-tank, Demos as a senior researcher.