John has over 15 years work experience in the public sector at both the Commonwealth (Federal) and State levels specialising in migration, investment and trade. He worked with the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) as the Western Australian Trade Representative to the Philippines. While running the migration program for the New South Wales Government, John specialised in the Business Innovation and Investment visa subclasses 188/888, the Business Talent subclass 132 visa, the Skilled Nominated subclass 190 visa , the Skilled Regional Sponsored subclass 489 visa and the Investor Retirement subclass 405 visa.