John J

Biography

Johnston is currently a Non-Executive Director of Action Hotels plc and MaxCyte Inc. He held the position of Non-Executive Director of Flowgroup plc from August 2013 and moved to the role of Non-Executive Chairman from June to October 2017 to guide the Company through a successful fundraise and transition into a pure energy business.  He also served as Non-Executive Chairman of Constellation Healthcare Technologies Inc. through 2016 until the successful sale of the company on January 30, 2017. Prior to this he was Managing Director of Institutional Sales at Nomura Code and from 2008 to 2011 he was Director of Sales and Trading at Seymour Pierce.  In 2003, Mr. Johnston founded Revera Asset Management, where he oversaw an investment trust, a unit trust and a hedge fund, which he ran until 2007. He joined Legg Mason Investors for three years as director of Small Companies Technology and Venture Capital Trusts, from 2000 to 2003, having previously spent two years as Head of Small Companies with Murray Johnstone from 1992 to 1997, Mr. Johnston was Head of Small Companies at Scottish Amicable, before spending a year at Ivory and Sime. Mr. Johnston began his investment career at the Royal Bank of Scotland.

Research Interest

Bio-Pharmaceuticals