John Higgins

John is a private equity media business consultant and investor.

John co-founded a construction company in South Wales, which he built up and sold, before moving into banking by joining an American and Scandinavian consortium bank in the City.

In 1984, he moved to The Fuji Bank, Limited where he spent 10 years on the UK corporate finance side, and then in the Financial Institutions Group, where John's work with clients such as Eagle Star, and AMP, resulted in FIG achieving the no 1 position in the UK Syndicated Finance Market for 3 years running.

In 1993, John was appointed to the International Finance Group within Fuji, which looked after all Fuji's business within the emerging markets of Europe, Africa and the Middle East. After successful stints in the Middle East and South Africa, John was appointed Head of this Division.

In 2002, John left Fuji to act as a business angel in the UK private equity sector where he has helped to set up, grow, and dispose of several companies in a variety of sectors.