Bio

FleishmanHillard celebrated its 70th birthday in 2016 but in November 2015, John was named as only the firm's fourth-ever President and CEO. Regularly invited to speak on communications related topics. Countries where he has undertaken speaking engagements include Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Iceland, India, Iran, Italy, Portugal, Russia, Switzerland, Turkey, UK and the United States. Was named Speaker of the Decade at annual Baltic PR Conference in St. Petersburg. Was guest speaker at Irish American Business 100 event in December 2016 in New York and was named in the Business 100 once more in 2017 ,‘18 and 19. Grand Marshal of the St Patrick's Day Parade in St Louis 2017. Speaker at Web Summit in Portugal 2018 and Collision in Toronto 2019. Invited to participate in both these leading tech conferences again in 2020. Specialties: John specializes in corporate communications and crisis management. He has also advised a cross-section of national and multinational clients in the area of corporate reputation. Is a member of the Arthur Page Society, the Seminar and former President of ICCO - the global association for the public relations industry. He is a former President of the Public Relations Association of Ireland and a Fellow of the Public Relations Institute of Ireland. In 2016 and each year since then named in PRWeek Magazine's Top 50 Power List. Lifelong devout Evertonian