John is a ten-year post bone marrow transplant patient for Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia.

His current appointments include:

1. Executive Officer - Cancer Voices Australia
2. Member - ANZ Clinical Trials Advisory Board (Aust. Govt.)
3. Member - NSW Cancer Institute Board
4. Member - ALLG Clinical Trials Data Monitoring Committee
5. Member - ROJIG Working Party (Aust. Govt.)
6. Member - Australian Health Ethics Committee

John was a founding member of the steering committee that culminated with the official launch of CVA in February 2007.