John co-founded Calculus Capital in November 1999, having been an active investor in unquoted companies since January 1997.
In 2000, he structured and launched the UK’s first HM Revenue & Customs (then Inland Revenue) approved EIS Fund with Susan McDonald. Since that time, he has successfully launched and closed seven further EIS funds and a VCT. His professional experience spans private equity, investment banking and corporate restructuring and he has invested in, advised on or negotiated more than 100 transactions. Prior to founding Calculus Capital he was an Executive Director in the Corporate Finance Division of UBS Securities for nine years where his extensive experience covered advising on mergers and acquisitions, Initial Public Offerings, restructurings and recapitalisations, strategic alliances and private equity. He was previously a founding member of the Corporate Finance Division of Deloitte Haskins and Sells, specialising in services to small and medium size businesses.
He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Peat Marwick Mitchell (now KPMG) where his experience included secondment to the Business Recovery Division. He has an MA (Hons.) in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University.
