John Hughes BA ACA

John has over 25 years' experience as a chartered accountant and project manager.

Working with International multicultural teams has enabled him to specialise in building and motivating teams to deliver projects – especially in difficult circumstances.

His career has tracked some of the major trends of the last 15 years. He project managed the implementation of computer systems for the following:

  • a global system in the oil business
  • DTI during the move to commercial style accounting
  • John Birt's reworking of the BBC
  • Norwich Union post-merger
  • the electricity privatisation
  • the startup of the National Lottery
  • the Government of Croatia
  • the United Nations

John has worked with the following organisations as a project manager or accountant:

  • BBC
  • Coopers and Lybrand
  • Coaching skills
  • Department of Culture Media and Sport
  • Department of Trade and Industry
  • Ernst and Young
  • Food & Agriculture Organisation of the UN
  • Ionica PLCs
  • London Electricity
  • Customer Care
  • Macmillan
  • Ministry of Finance Croatia
  • National Grid Company
  • New Opportunities Fund
  • Norwich Union
  • Oracle Corporation
  • PriceWaterhouseCoopers
  • Royal Bank of Scotland
  • NHS
  • Willis Corroon

In addition to his consultancy work, John also provides training courses on:

  • Letter and report writing
  • Finance in business
  • Project Management.