John Gannon Commercial DirectorJohn originally qualified as a solicitor and barrister in his native Australia, where he practised before coming to the UK in 1993.
Prior to jointly founding Brightside in February 2005, John co-founded Commercial Vehicle Direct Insurance Company Limited (the original business which later formed the core of Group Direct Limited) in early 2001, with Arron Banks. He is a director of Group Direct and most of its subsidiaries and is a member of New Law Solicitors LLP, a Cardiff based law firm founded in 2004.
