Appointed Governor of the Central Bank of The Bahamas, in January, 2016.

During the three years leading up to this, he served as the Financial Secretary in the Ministry of Finance. There, he spearheaded the implementation of the Government’s fiscal reform initiatives, which included the introduction of valued added tax (VAT), strengthening of tax administration systems and enhancing expenditure control frameworks.

From 2009 to 2012, he was seconded to the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a Senior Advisor to the Executive Director for Canada, Ireland and the Caribbean Constituency. In this role, he was a principal advisor on economic policy matters, supporting advocacy on behalf of Caribbean countries.

Prior to this, he worked at the Central Bank Bahamas in various capacity, starting 1990. At intervals he tooled leave for further studies in economics at the American University in Washington, DC, and Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. His undergraduate studies took place at the College of the Bahamas and Western University, London, Ontario Canada.

John has also earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

His research interests are still active in the areas of monetary, fiscal and exchange rate policies. These are are also topics on which he has published papers in various scholarly journals.