{"id":216,"date":"2020-07-06T10:47:42","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T10:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bartechnologies.uk\/?page_id=216"},"modified":"2022-01-10T16:24:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T16:24:26","slug":"john-cooper","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bartechnologies.uk\/about\/meet-the-team\/john-cooper\/","title":{"rendered":"John Cooper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><section id=\"hero-row\" data-kc-fullwidth=\"row\" class=\"kc-elm kc-css-304165 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-371841 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div data-kc-equalheight=\"true\" data-kc-row-action=\"true\" data-kc-equalheight-align=\"top\" class=\"kc-elm kc-css-595959 kc_row kc_row_inner align-middle\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-170864 kc_col-of-5 kc_column_inner kc_col-of-5 left-team-hero\"><div class=\"kc_wrapper kc-col-inner-container\">\n\n<div class=\"hover-image selected single-team-image no-link\">\n\t<a href=\"\/meet-the-team\/john-cooper\/\" target=\"\">\n\t<div class=\"single-profile-image\">\n\t\t<div class=\"single-profile-image-colour lazyload\" style=\"background:inherit;background-size: cover;\" data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/www.bartechnologies.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/John-Bar-Colour.png)\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"single-profile-image-slate lazyload\" style=\"background:inherit;background-size: cover;\" data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/www.bartechnologies.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/John-Bar.png)\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div><!-- image image -->\n\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-226393 kc_col-sm-10 kc_column_inner kc_col-sm-10 right-team-hero\"><div class=\"kc_wrapper kc-col-inner-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-57356 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<h1>John Cooper<\/h1>\n<p>\n<\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-11321 kc_text_block hero-subtitle\"><\/p>\n<p>CEO<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section data-kc-fullwidth=\"row\" class=\"kc-elm kc-css-599370 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-670292 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-454513 kc_row kc_row_inner\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-528798 kc_col-sm-9 kc_column_inner kc_col-sm-9\"><div class=\"kc_wrapper kc-col-inner-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-261595 kc-animated kc-animate-eff-fadeIn kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p>\nJohn is a chartered accountant having trained in London with Ernst &#038; Young.<\/p>\n<p>John joined the car rental industry with Avis Europe in 1994 and following a number of progressively senior finance roles, John began to gain a passion for commercial finance and deal making. In 1998 Avis Europe acquired the largest independent car rental business in Greece and he joined the Board in Athens for 18 months. After short spells working with the Boards of Avis Italy and Spain, John was a senior member of the Avis Europe team that purchased Budget EMEA from administration and went on to become their group finance director.<\/p>\n<p>In 2005, John joined McLaren Racing as finance director but was soon promoted to commercial and finance director and in the latter part of his F1 career, chief business officer. During the 14 years with McLaren, John has become a familiar face in the F1 community, trusted by his colleagues, peers and F1 to get things done! John chaired the Finance Working Group (a group comprising the teams\u2019 FDs) for many years and was instrumental in ensuring that team sustainability got some voice in a \u201cwho spends most wins\u201d sport.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2019, John joined BAR Technologies as CEO swapping automotive technology for marine technology.\u00a0 John has set about the continued protection of the IP and knowledge created by BAR Technologies and the commercialisation of each of these inventions and market sectors.<\/p>\n<p>Together with Martin, Simon, Lauren and the highly experienced team, John is now focused on the growth of the company and working together with the partners of BAR Technologies for the success of all \u2013 something he is passionate about.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-193512 kc_text_block u-link\"><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"\/about\/meet-the-team\/\">Back<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-535216 kc_col-sm-3 kc_column_inner kc_col-sm-3\"><div class=\"kc_wrapper kc-col-inner-container\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":176,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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