Before joining Parkwalk in 2018, John was a Partner at Adelphi Capital LLP, a London-based fundamental long-short European equity hedge fund. Prior to that he worked at The LEK Partnership as a Strategy Consultant, at NatWest Markets, Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette and then Merrill Lynch as Head of Global Capital Goods equity research. John has experience advising companies on strategy, fund raising and transactions as well as building investment portfolios in both the listed and venture sectors. At Parkwalk, he has led successful exits of portfolio companies to Microsoft, Apple and other international acquirers and currently sits on the board of Cambridge GaN Devices, Crypto Quantique, Accelercomm and OW Smell Digital. John was appointed Chief Investment Officer in 2024.
Before joining Parkwalk in 2018, John was a Partner at Adelphi Capital LLP, a London-based fundamental long-short European equity hedge fund. Prior to that he worked at The LEK Partnership as a Strategy Consultant, at NatWest Markets, Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette and then Merrill Lynch as Head of Global Capital Goods equity research. John has experience advising companies on strategy, fund raising and transactions as well as building investment portfolios in both the listed and venture sectors. At Parkwalk, he has led successful exits of portfolio companies to Microsoft, Apple and other international acquirers and currently sits on the board of Cambridge GaN Devices, Crypto Quantique, Accelercomm and OW Smell Digital. John was appointed Chief Investment Officer in 2024.