John Ward joined Acro in October 2022 as Commercial Director. His role is to support Acro’s commercial team to drive sales and profitability. He also plays an active and key role within the executive team.

John has over 30 years’ experience in commercial roles across a number of industries but has worked in the aerospace industry for more than 15 years.

At heart John is an entrepreneur and loves the challenge of helping develop business opportunities and grow businesses, but aerospace is where he has spent most of his career.

In his spare time, John is a keen musician and has played with a whole range of bands and artists. He is also involved with his local professional football team and plays regularly at a much lower level.

He enjoys travel, literature, theatre, festivals and of course football.