Mark Ebdon


I had the pleasure to work alongside John at Coca-Cola in Milton Keynes. John's natural leadership style allowed us to drive performance in every area that helped the site achieve site of the year beating 13 other sites in Europe. John's passed his professional approach and engineering knowledge on to new and existing members of the team throughout his time at the site. John is great leader and his style will fit any team. John adds value to everything he does and was a pleasure to work with him.

General Plant Manager, Coca-Cola European Partners



Mark Steele


John was initially hired to provide short term cover during the recruitment of an engineering manager but very quicky established himself as an indispensable member of the senior leadership team. John made such a significant impact on site that his services were retained for the longer term. John's technical expertise is a given but it is his engaging leadership and motivational style that enables him to build a high performing team which makes him stand out from his peers. I would not hesitate to engage John again in the future and cannot recommend him highly enough.

Site Director, Müller Milk and Ingredients



Steve Thorpe


John has a very engaging style that means he can quickly and effectively build relationships with key stakeholders that are vital in the role as an interim manager. His detailed technical knolwledge, experience and engaging leadership style allows John to start delivering value in the early stages of his assignments which is exactly what clients wanting value for money are looking for.

Site Director, Coca-Cola European Partners



Gavin Maycock


John is a fantastic person to work with! He knows how to get the best performance out of other emplyees whilst giving them ownership, responsibilities and pride in their work. John knows how to maintain morale in the workplace and how to involve employees in newly implemented techniques. I would reccomend John to any company looking for an experienced, forward thinking and motivational employee.

Engineering Planner, Dairy Crest



David McMillan

Used John to cover the Engineering Manager's role. During that time he drove through significant changes to engineers T&C's.

General Manager, Diary Crest



Jon Gatfield


John brings an air of calm competence to his responsibilities that his staff rapidly react to with loyalty and respect. He is a great 'people person' and happy to get his hands dirty, but he also drills into the numbers to bring clarity and focus to the priority management tasks. He's a very flexible individual and quickly picked up the demands of the transport sector to add to his obviously deep experience in FMCG. An all round 'good guy' and one able to make a quick impact. I hope we get to work together again another time.

CEO, East London Bus Group



Richard Davies


As an interim Engineering/change Manager John has delivered some exceptional results in his time with CCE. John is not only a first class Engineer but he is also gifted with very strong leadership and management skills which enable him to deliver both high quality and more importantly suatainable results. He has done an outstanding job whilst working within Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd.

VP European Operations, Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd.



Colin Foy


I had the pleasure of working with John during his time with Gerber, he is a highly experienced project manager and has high level of knowledge in the liquid foods, filling and packing area. He is also a very strong and positve character who will get his points across in a very professional manner, and is not intimidated by either engineering challenges or management challenges.

Strategic Engineering Projects Manager, Refresco Gerber



Simon Gough


I worked with John on a project within one of our food clients. We placed him straight into the middle of an environment that was experiencing rapid change with some degrees of fallout. John handled himself extremely well and delivered a first class project for our business. I would have no hesitation in recommending John for future assignments around change, project work, line installation or site transfer roles. We had a 1st class experience.

Director, Interim Partners



Scott Hutchinson


John has undertaken a number of assignments for Hutchinson - all have been carried out with professionalism and a great deal of success.

Owner, Interim Agency



Ruediger Hilbert


John was a an asset working for Elopak as project manager. He successfully manageged complex projects. Even his now self employed services are still occasionally requested and always valued.

Director of Technical Support (EQS Support), Elopak



Mick Clarke

John is a very dedicated and Professional Engineering Manager, during his time at Pork Farms he was involved in several roles from Chief Engineer for the site to Project Manager for Improvement initiatives, all roles were handled and completed with the same enthusiasm and positive outcome.

Engineering Manager, Pork Farms



Chris Piggott


John is a great manager - getting the best from people at all levels. If only there where more like John around! His understanding of manufacturing process plant and engineering is second to none. A real pleasure to have worked with him on the relocation, planning and construction of the new plastics material processing plant.

Director of Interior Systems



Dick Charlton

John is a very experienced manager who provided a sound technical service as Interim engineering manager at the Pork Farms plant in Nottingham. He gained much respect from peers and others that worked for him in his endeavours to manage the engineering function. I would have no hesitation in recommending him in an engineering management role within the manufacturing environment.

Development Director, Pork Farms



Dick Charlton

John is a very experienced manager with much knowledge of the technical aspects involved in food manufacture/engineering. He gained much respect in his endeavours at the Pork Farms plant , Nottingham where I worked alongside him in an interim role. I would have no hesitation in recommending him for a position of work within the manufacturing industry.

Development Director, Pork Farms



Paul Digweed


John joined Tetley at a difficult time following a period of considerable change with a loss of local knowledge and with the prospect of further reorganisation to come. John's relaxed and positive attitude, leading by example, immediately won him friends at all levels of the organisation. His knowledge and attention to detail earned him respect from his colleagues and workforce. This enabled him to do more than merely keep things running as it allowed him to set a good foundation of progress for his replacement to follow.

IT & Business Consultant, Tetley Group



Mark Cooper


John worked with me on a turn-around project at Tetley on Teesside. He was Interim Engineering Manager of this large manufacturing site (700+ people in total), and covered the role until the permanent position was filled. As well as his wealth of engineering knowledge, especially in the food industry, his empowering management style really 'steadied the ship' during a difficult transitional phase. I would have no hesitation in recommending John.

Director of UK Operations, Tetley GB Ltd.



Colin Foy


John is an experanced engineering manager with a great deal of experiance in the food/beverage sector, who can use his expereance from project managment to plant maintanance including performance studys and improvment programs. I would recomend him without reservation.

Director of Engineering Refresco Gerber



Noel Baker


John is a results driven manager and always helps drive the commercial and operations strategy. John quickly gained the trust of all of his colleagues and staff and contributed significantly to a smooth internal restructure which included members of his own team. John was also financially driven and controlled his costs and explained variances and also provided future spend expectations. John will certainly be a valuable asset to any future employer.

UK Operations Finance Manager, Tetley GB Ltd.