Jon consults with large public bodies on creative and business strategy and the design and management of projects that incorporate new media and technology. He is also Director of a company that creates novel interactive tools for children with cognitive impairments.

Previously, Jon was with the Government’s DCMS as Director of Culture Online - a programme to bring culture and the Arts to new audiences, using new techniques. His team won many international awards and citation from the National Audit Office for the management of risk and innovation.

Jon was MD at the e-business firm Scient and before that, Head of Commissioning for BBC Online. As a director and executive producer he was responsible for more than fifty popular BBC Television series.
Jon is a Trustee of The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, The Woodland Trust and Culture 24, Chairman of the Wingate Foundation and Visiting Industrial Professor at Bristol University.