About John Ashcroft
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Economics, Strategy and Social Media ...
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John Ashcroft was Chief Executive of pro-manchester for nine years up to October 2018. He is author of the Saturday Economist, Dimensions of Strategy and Monday Morning Markets. Strategy Case Studies published to date include, Apple, Lego. Twitter, Yahoo and Fitbit with more planned for 2018! The group publishes over 15 million emails every year to a readership of over 50,000 businesses.
Educated at the London School of Economics, London Business School and with a PhD in Economics from Manchester Metropolitan University, John is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a companion of the British Institute of Management and a member of the Society of Professional Economists.
Over the years John has worked with Bain and Company, Goldman Sachs, S.G. Warburgs, Wasserstein Perella and First Boston completing over sixty corporate finance transactions. The largest deal valued at one billion Dollars in 1987.
With extensive experience of business and corporate finance, in the 1980’s he was regarded as one of Margaret Thatcher’s favourite business men and a regular visitor to Downing Street.
In the 1980s under John’s leadership, as MD, then Chief Executive and Chairman, Coloroll grew from a small family business with revenues of £6 million, to an international public company with revenues of over £600 million.
A prominent feature in the Manchester and North West business scene, John was founding Chairman of the North West Business Leadership Team, has served on the board of Marketing Manchester, the CA Business Leadership Council and as Chief Economist for the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce.
Dr John Ashcroft PhD, BSc,(Econ) FRSA, CBIM.
John Ashcroft and Company, Economics, Strategy and Social Media ... Lot's of Business Experience worth sharing!
Educated at the London School of Economics, London Business School and with a PhD in Economics from Manchester Metropolitan University, John is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a companion of the British Institute of Management and a member of the Society of Professional Economists.
Over the years John has worked with Bain and Company, Goldman Sachs, S.G. Warburgs, Wasserstein Perella and First Boston completing over sixty corporate finance transactions. The largest deal valued at one billion Dollars in 1987.
With extensive experience of business and corporate finance, in the 1980’s he was regarded as one of Margaret Thatcher’s favourite business men and a regular visitor to Downing Street.
In the 1980s under John’s leadership, as MD, then Chief Executive and Chairman, Coloroll grew from a small family business with revenues of £6 million, to an international public company with revenues of over £600 million.
A prominent feature in the Manchester and North West business scene, John was founding Chairman of the North West Business Leadership Team, has served on the board of Marketing Manchester, the CA Business Leadership Council and as Chief Economist for the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce.
Dr John Ashcroft PhD, BSc,(Econ) FRSA, CBIM.
John Ashcroft and Company, Economics, Strategy and Social Media ... Lot's of Business Experience worth sharing!
With Richard Branson, Top 40 under 40 in 1986 ...
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... meeting with royalty ... at an early age!
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