John H. Ott

John H. Ott is Chair of The Rank Group. He is a business consultant who has advised boards and management teams in North America, Europe and Asia for over 40 years. He is also a founder, investor and board member of several private businesses in technology and fractional ownership.

Ott began his business career in 1986 in finance and strategy at US Bancorp in Minneapolis. In 1989 he was recruited to McKinsey & Company, where he worked in the Chicago and Hong Kong offices. In 2003 he moved to London as Group Head of Strategy and M&A at Barclays Bank plc. After a brief period founding a technology start-up, he was recruited by Bain & Company in 2006 and worked in its London and Shanghai offices.

He is currently a part-time Senior Advisory Partner in Bain & Company's London office. He is also Chairman of The Hideaways Club Limited in Gibraltar, and he remains an investor in several small technology start-ups and in a technology-focused buy-out fund.