John Hunter - Role: Financial Learning
John has a degree in Pure Maths and describes himself as ‘a numbers geek who wasn’t good enough to make money at it’. He is retired after a career with a FTSE100 company that included seven years in the US as VP (Finance) of a major acquisition and five years as Group Company Secretary with some responsibility for investor relations. He has been a trustee director of the corporate pension fund for more than 20 years, including five years as Chairman of the Investment Committee.
It was only when in the US that he accumulated enough savings to become interested in personal finance and he developed his investment habits there. On returning to the UK he was shocked to discover the level of public ignorance about both the basic principles of personal money management and the rights, or lack of them, attached to investment in companies by individuals. So he joined UKSA to do something about it. His time has included a spell as Chairman 2014 -2018.
In retirement he has served as director of five other voluntary organisations but now concentrates on his work for UKSA. He plays bridge and the piano - “both of them badly” - and likes wine (particularly drinking it with food and friends) and modern art. His children and grandchildren are now all US citizens.
His current focus is to campaign for people of all ages and abilities to be able to learn to manage their money from sources independent of the financial interests of the Financial Service Industry.
