John Gunn
John is one of the UK’s leading advisers and investors to UK technology
companies. He is a leading London businessman and runs his own family company,
Scheidegg Limited, specialising in venture capital for high growth early stage
companies. He is a director of a number of quoted and unquoted companies, primarily
in engineering and high technology sectors. He studied in Germany and at the University
of Nottingham where he received a BA (Hons) in German and an Honorary Doctorate.
John trained at Barclays Bank until 1968 when he left to work for a small money broker (Exco International plc) which, under his management, grew to become the world's largest money broking company.
In 1985 he joined British & Commonwealth Shipping plc, becoming managing director and chairman. From 1991 to 1999 he ran John Duncan & Company Limited, a business strategy consultancy. He launched Ludgate in 2000.