John Macdonald

John has over 30 years’ experience in corporate human resource management across the UK, US, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. He has managed international and regional compensation and benefits policies and practices since 1996, including a 3-year period running the Middle East regional office of an international compensation and benefits consulting firm where he undertook numerous reward management consultancy assignments throughout the GCC. Prior to being an independent consultant, he held a role as a VP of HR and Administration at Lamprell in the Middle East and featured in Arabian Business’ list of top 100 HR Executives in the Middle East for several years. Since 2018, he's been the Lead Associate for Compensation & Reward at CIPD Middle East.

John has a Master’s degree in Management Studies from the UK, has been a Fellow of the CIPD since 2008 and is a UK qualified executive coach and mentor.