John Morris Founder & Managing Partner
Areas of expertise
- Business Strategy
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Market & Product Expansion
- Operations Analysis & Rationalization
- Financing & ESOP structures
Education & Experience
- CEO of 4+ global SMEs
- VP of 2 Telecom MNCs
- McKinsey Secondment
- GM, South British Telecom
- MBA, Warwick University
- MSc Electrical Engineering
As the founder and Managing Partner, John Morris is a “hands on” senior executive with 35+ years P&L experience in bringing focus and drive to rationalizing and consolidating businesses and divisional operations, planning and leading turnaround situations and in managing new ventures. Experience spans startups and smaller companies through to large scale international operations.
John has worked with McKinsey & Co on behalf of British Telecom, in developing a strategic rationalization program for British Telecom, including a detailed analysis of cost/performance for critical business regional operations.
For the last 10 years John has been engaged as Chairman and CEO of a steel fabrication and erection Company to see it through multiple changes and transitional matters; while focusing on the critical task of re-building the customer base.
Prior to this he was engaged as Chief Operating Officer for a small niche custom software business based in the USA, with the remit to refocus the business through migration to new systems and services markets, while introducing structure and business processes.
John has spent 20+ years in the USA. As Group Vice President of an international Wireless Networks operation, he expanded the business markets and product lines into a $100m international portfolio of six profitable wireless technology systems, products and services companies based in the USA and Europe, through a mixture of acquisitions, ventures and alliances.
Prior to returning to the USA John was Managing Director of, a successful startup satellite communications services venture providing “high value” network, news and content based services to consumer and business markets in the UK and mainland Europe, again through a mix of organic growth, alliances and acquisition.
John spent a significant portion of his career with British Telecom, based in the UK and USA where he held a number of senior positions including:
- General Manager for a $200m consumer and business communication services and products in the South East England with the remit of improving operational performance;
- Managing Director of Telecom Gold a “fast pasted” services startup e-mail services joint venture between British Telecom and a US service provider; and subsequently President & CEO of The Dialcom Group based in the USA. Here he created a highly successful $75m global services & software systems operation providing e mail and application services to corporate users worldwide, through an international services and software licensing operation.
John has worked with McKinsey & Co on behalf of British Telecom, in developing a strategic rationalization program for British Telecom, including a detailed analysis of cost/performance for critical business regional operations.
John is a dual citizen of the United States and The United Kingdom. He holds an Honors degree in Electrical Engineering and a Masters in Business from Warwick University located in the UK.