John has worked in the substance misuse and criminal justice sectors for 26 years and has extensive experience in the development and management of substance misuse service provision.

He is a fellow of the Chartered Management Institute and one of the first few hundred managers nationally to have achieved Chartered Manager status. He has worked at both practitioner and management levels within a range of organisations and has worked as a director in two other substance misuse organisations.

For six years he was the strategy co-ordinator for the countries largest Drug Action Team. He has extensive experience of inter-agency working at the highest levels and has also worked as a manager and practitioner within the probation service.
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