John is a 6 year post bone marrow transplant patient for Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia and is Executive Officer of Cancer Voices Australia (part-time)

His current appointments include:

1. Member - ANZ Clinical Trials Advisory Board (Aust. Govt.)
2. Member - NSW Cancer Institute Board
3. Member - ALLG Clinical Trials Data Monitoring Committee
4. Member - Therapeutic Goods Committee (Aust. Govt.)
5. Member - ROJIG Working Party (Aust. Govt.)
6. Member - CanNET - Cancer Australia Steering Committee
7. Member - NSW Bone Marrow Transplant Network

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