JMH Consulting

Simon Thompson,
Business Improvement Manager, BAE Systems Submarine Solutions

“John has a huge amount of experience and coupled with his personal style he has been a valued member of the team. He builds strong relationships with clients, is highly reliable, trustworthy and personable. He is able to influence difficult characters and really is a "safe pair of hands" for anything that is thrown at him. Thank you John for all your hard work and advice.”

Alan Reed,
Owner, ROH Management Services

“I worked with John when I was Deputy Chief Executive of Sodexo UK. For more than 20 years, in various capacities involving operations, sales and commercial management John served the organisation superbly well in all the various roles he fulfilled . John is extremely diligent, hard working and tenacious. He a very able individual who I would endorse to any organisation without hesitation.”

Sean Thompson,
Director of Client Services, Hyperion Solutions (now Oracle Corporation)

“I worked with John during his time at Sodexo, delivering the Hyperion systems development and upgrade. I found John to be a highly effective program leader with strong business, financial and technology skills, allied with a very hard-working and pragmatic approach.”

Darren Killick,
Consulting, PwC Consulting, UK

“I worked with John on a SAP programme at Sodexo. John was highly respected and very knowledgeable business manager that secured many challenging business requirements and ensured the solution was not only fit for purpose, but delivered many benefits for the business at large. I personally enjoyed working closely with John throughout the project knowing that everything that was being asked for and delivered added true business value.”

Peter Broom,
Senior Project Manager, Oracle Corporation

Noel Mead,
Company Secretary, Sodexo (Gardner Merchant)

“John has wide ranging experience in finance and allied matters and is particularly good at implementing and applying accounting systems. You can rely on John to stick to a task and see it through.”

Clive Pitt,
Director of Administration, Sodexo

“I worked alongside John for a number of years. John was always a tenacious, results focused individual yet very supportive of those around him. John worked in many challenging areas yet was able to organise himself and those around him to achieve the desired outcome”

Carmen Parkinson,
Referral Marketing Consultant, The Referral Institute

“I first met John several years ago through the networking group BNI. I have always found John to be of a positive & supportive nature. He is always willing to assist colleagues and the members of his group, not only that, he is extremely courteous in his dealings with people.”

Tony Jager,
Treasury Accountant, Sodexo Group Services

“John had vital control on the central funding of the organisation and had a close working relationship with key internal and external stakeholders. John was the owner of the budget and forecasting system which he developed through his knowledge and interest in IT solutions, which each year saved man hours in what normally had been a very time consuming event. His passion for ensuring Debtor targets were met with an interesting mix of coercion and rivalry were legendary. He was very much supportive of those who wanted to learn and develop, and instilled a work ethic in people that got the job done to the correct standard. He was always willing to assist people who needed it, and was always a willing sounding board for areas of concern for many employees.”

John Rooney,
Divisional Finance Director, Sodexo

“I worked with John extensively in my capacity as a divisional FD and his capacity as director of a central services function. The two main areas where we worked together were in debt management and credit policy and in budgeting. With respect to debt management and credit policy, I acknowledge John to be a true expert. John always seeks to develop proactive approaches in the area which reflects his personality. His abilities to use systems to manage data and focus attention, followed up by a keen eye for detail, excellent resources to be able to draw upon. With respect to budgeting, John was again able to use very strong systems skills, in this case Hyperion/Essbase, to create meaningful budget processes which had a strong degree of standardisation for such a diverse organisation but which also enabled some tailoring for some divisions. In both these areas and throughout my working relationship with John he always displayed very strong systems skills. In addition he was commercially strong when dealing with 3rd parties and was instrumental in helping me to work through some adverse debt positions. Finally, John was an excellent business partner with a healthy combination of challenge and support and is highly recommended.”

Peter Roberts,
Worked directly and indirectly with John at Sodexo (Gardner Merchant)

“I have known John for many years but since he and I set up business support consultancies have had chance to contract his services as consultant to lead a number of sensitive and confidential projects for clients over the last 2 to 3 years. I do know that he has also worked for a number of major PLC's including AXA and Xchanging. He is experienced particularly in IT and Commercial Finance system expertise is well valued and he had a progressive no nonsense approach which is thorough. His experience and skills in Change and Project Management will be of particular interest to any organisation wanting to review, re form or introduce systems in the business environment. I recommend John thoroughly particularly as his past experience in the Service industry gives him a special insight in delivering tailored solutions to exactly meet client needs and requirements.”

Cedric Malivel,
Finance Director - Company Secretary, Sodexo Australia & New Zealand
Worked directly with John at Sodexo

"Being posted at the age of 31 to the over side of the Globe, in Australia, as Finance Director of a company whose turnover exceeded USD200 million but needed drastic restructuration was a challenging task. I was fortunate to receive an in depth coaching from John, which thanks to his strong finance acumen and expertise, contributed to accelerating my ability to create a new state of mind for the existing Management of the Company and taking them to the next level. John's ability to pass his knowledge seamlessly to people he works with, so as to grow their potential makes of him a turning point in one's career, by gaining experience and therefore delivering more efficiently within a shorter period of time. I gladly recommend John as a key success factor for anybody, firm and/or individual, that want to gain expertise and go the extra miles in a much safer way."

John Stacey,
Group HR Director, Gardner Merchant Limited

“A very professional and thorough Manager with exceptional financial skills. He was able to relate to people at all levels and had the ability to see solutions when others didn't. No hesitation in adding my recommendation to his profile.”

Roy Donaldson,
Owner, Threadgold & Donaldson Ltd

“At the time of actually working with John I was Divisional Director for Sodexo Healthcare UK. I always found John to be a sound, helpful and hardworking individual. His judgement could be counted on.”

Simon Jefford,
Director of Finance and Commercial Operations, Rugby Travel & Hospitality Ltd

“I have known and worked with John since 1992. John has always been very supportive and diligent in all his work. You will find John to be a determined but personable character who can always be relied upon. I look forward to having the opportunity of work together with John again sometime.”