John Pearson

John has been an active investor building portfolios in private and public equities for over 20 years following an earlier career advising global businesses on corporate and financial strategy.

Before joining Parkwalk in 2018, John was a Partner at Adelphi Capital LLP, a multi-billion dollar London-based fundamental long-short equity hedge fund. Prior to that he worked at The LEK Partnership as a Strategy Consultant, at NatWest Markets, Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette and then Merrill Lynch as Head of Global Capital Goods Equity Research.

John has experience advising companies on strategy, fund raising and transactions as well as building investment portfolios in both the listed and venture sectors. At Parkwalk, he has led successful exits of portfolio companies to Microsoft, Apple and other international acquirers and currently sits on the boards of Cambridge GaN Devices, Crypto Quantique, Accelercomm and Brainomix. John was appointed Parkwalk's Chief Investment Officer in 2024.