Consultant, Co-operatives UK.

John was an Assurance Partner/Director with KPMG for over 20 years leaving at the end of 2010. He was head of KPMG's Co-operative Centre of Excellence for 10 years and is particularly interested in the Co-operative and Mutual sector, the development of appropriate performance measures and the impact of Accounting Standards on Cooperative and Mutual organisations. He acted as advisor to the Co-operative Performance Committee for eight years and in that role was responsible for the initial drafting of comment letters to the Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board. Since leaving KPMG he has become a Council member of the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church and continues to act as a consultant to Co-operatives UK on accounting matters.