John has been an FSU activist since joining Ulster Bank, working firstly as a branch representative and then Bank District Secretary, before election to the Union’s Executive Committee in 2004.
He was elected FSU Officer for Ulster Bank in 2007 and retained that position until his election as the Union’s Honorary Secretary in 2018. He was elected Vice President (Governance) in 2021. John has a wealth of experience in representing members interests, individual and collective, and campaigning for workers rights, as well as through his work as an Officer and FSU Council member. He is a Director of FSU Holdings Limited; a member nominated Trustee Director of the Ulster Bank Pension Trustees (NI) Limited; and the representative for Ireland on the NatWest European Employee Council. He is a native of Warrenpoint in Co Down.
John was elected as FSU President at the Triennial Conference in Belfast in May 2024.