John Gunn
John is one of the UK’s leading advisers and investors in UK technology
companies. He is a leading London businessman specialising in venture capital
for high growth early stage companies. He is a director of a number of quoted
and unquoted companies, primarily in engineering and high technology sectors.
He studied in Germany and at the University of Nottingham where he received a
BA (Hons) in German and an Honorary Doctorate. John trained at Barclays Bank until
1968 when he left to work for a small money broker (Exco International plc) which,
under his management, grew to become the world's largest money broking company.
In 1985 he joined British & Commonwealth Shipping plc, becoming Managing Director
and Chairman. From 1991 to 1999 he ran John Duncan & Company Limited, a business
strategy consultancy. He launched Ludgate in 2000.
