Jon is Group MD of Ardent, a leading land, consents and stakeholder engagement consultancy working with engineering firms across the UK and Ireland to deliver some of the highest profile and most complex infrastructure projects. Ardent work across the transport, renewable energy and utilities sectors, through both consenting and delivery. Jon has led and been a Board member of multiple growth businesses working in the infrastructure sector during the past decade, but returned to lead Ardent's growth ambitons in November 2022. The business has more than doubled in size in that time, and plans to enter the Australian and Canadian markets over the next two years.