John Campbell

John is an organisational development consultant and executive coach with many years experience of enabling organisations, teams and individuals grow and to deliver exceptional performance.

John’s focus is on working in the board room with individuals and teams through diagnosis, challenge and support. His business experience enables him to provide insight and yet leave ownership of action with the client. Over 20 years of leading projects concentrating on organisational and individual change across the world gives John a breadth of experience to offer clients as they strive for exceptional performance in changing circumstances.

John is a founding director of Primeast. His role has been to forge the identity and development of the business, around the core focus of developing leadership, change implementation and team development. He has been on the IOD national coaching team for eight years. Previously, John was a director of Scottish and Newcastle Breweries for eight years with various responsibilities for wholesale, retail and marketing of a major subsidiary. During this time the businesses he ran posted exceptional results. John was also involved in several takeover research projects. Prior to this, John spent eighteen years in the production side of Courage brewers, with six years as a General Manager with responsibilities for several major change projects.

Portfolio

  • Strategic diagnosis of entrepreneurial financing company

  • Developing leadership capability

  • Developing delivery capability in a global virtual team environment

  • Supporting the set up of a new customer service centre – European operations of a major multi-national

  • Coaching the President of a global organisation through major change

  • Coaching the CEO in a not for profit environment through major change