John Kingman has been Global co-Head of the Financial Institutions Group at Rothschild since 2010. 

John was previously the first Chief Executive of UK Financial Investments, the company managing the UK Government's investments in the banking system, and before that was Second Permanent Secretary to the Treasury.  He led negotiations with RBS, Lloyds TSB and HBOS on their recapitalisation in October 2008 – as well as the resolution of Northern Rock following the run on the bank in 2007.

Earlier Treasury roles have included: Managing Director, Finance and Industry (2005-6); Director, Enterprise & Growth Unit (2003-2005); Head, Productivity & Structural Reform (2000-02); and Press Secretary to the Chancellor (1998-2000).

John has been closely involved in a number of major independent reviews, including Myners (institutional investment), Sandler (retail savings), Higgs (corporate governance), Barker (planning and housing supply), Lambert (business/university collaboration) and Hampton (regulation). In 2004, John led cross-Government work on a 10 year framework for investment in science and innovation.

John has worked on the Lex column of the Financial Times (1995-97) and in the Group Chief Executive's office at BP (1997-98).  John has also been a Board Director of the European Investment Bank, a non-executive director of Framestore CFC Ltd (Europe's largest visual effects business), a Visiting Fellow of the Institute of Political and Economic Governance at Manchester University and of the Institute for Government. In 2004 he spent four months as a World Fellow of Yale University. John has been a member of the Development Trust board of St-Martin-in-the-Fields and is a member of the Global Advisory Board of the Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation.