John Farrow
John received his planning education at Oxford Polytechnic and
worked in Coventry, Rotherham and London. He is Chair and Chief
Executive of LEA Group Holdings Ltd. an international
transportation, engineering and planning consultants with
more than 1000 employees in five countries. Previously he was
Managing Partner Canada for Coopers & Lybrand Management
Consultants, and President of the Canadian Urban Institute, an
urban policy think tank.
He is a professional planner and management consultant whose
work is focused on city management and urban policy. For government
clients he has undertaken projects on city planning, city
management and economic development. He has also worked extensively
for the private sector including Honda, General Motors, Mazda, Spar
Aerospace, the Bank of Montreal, and a number of real estate
development companies.