Born in Christchurch, John has lived in Timaru since 1978. His background and career progression was within the financial services sector, at ANZ Bank.

John joined Mainland – Insurance, Mortgages, Investment Ltd in July 2010 as a specialist Investment Adviser and is a Director of Mainland. He holds a Graduate Diploma in Business Studies – from Massey University (2001) and in 2006 was awarded Certified Financial Planner CFP status. John is a practitioner member of Financial Advice New Zealand (previously NZ Institute of Financial Advisers) and a Financial Adviser.

Many of Johns’ clients are approaching, or are already, retired. His role involves assisting people by preparing and implementing retirement investment strategies, which are designed to not only focus on protecting clients’ capital, but also allowing them to select the amount of income required to enjoy their chosen retirement lifestyle.

With so much uncertainty and complexity in the world today, it is very hard to know which direction to take, as one looks to ones future financial security. John is here to help you.

When not at work, John enjoys mountain biking, snow and water skiing and in particular studying the World War II history of the RNZAF and RAF.