John Penman

John looks after communications and stakeholder engagement for Crosswind, the mixed use redevelopment of a strategically important brownfield site in West Edinburgh. Prior to setting up his own consultancy Telescope Communications, John led the corporate affairs team for Lloyds Banking Group’s insurance division, Scottish Widows for ten years. Before that, he was a journalist covering politics and business for over 25 years working for the Sunday Times, Scotsman and Daily Record among others and was one of the founders of Business am.