In 2017, John took on his current role as a CEO with STS Education, an international group of companies offering language education, high school and study abroad programs through a network of its own 15 offices located across Europe and the USA.

Prior to this, John held senior management positions within the industry for more than ten years and during that time lived in four different countries. More recently, he was based in London as COO for the UK based English Language school chain Stafford House, a part of Cambridge Education Group.

John studied at the University of Gothenburg and spent semesters abroad in Innsbruck, Austria and at the University of North Florida, USA.

John is a member of the WYSE Study Abroad advisory panel and actively involved in the sector development.