John Macaskill was a Founding Partner and Managing Director of Groton Partners, a Private Equity firm based in New York. Mr Macaskill joined Groton Partners in March 2005 and focused his efforts on alternative investments, including Private Equity. Mr Macaskill is a General Partner in a number of private equity and real estate funds and has spent the last forty years in the financial services industry in New York and London. He is a member (retired) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, and a Chapter Member of the Priory in the United States of the Order of St John. He joined the board in January 2018. He has been appointed as the treasurer.