John Auckland

Name: Hereford College of Arts
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Department

Governance and Leadership
Job title

Governor
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Biography

Career spanning four decades in design, marketing, business management and consultancy.

About

Held a senior marketing position with a blue chip company.

Design career not restricted to products, but included exhibition stands, communication campaigns, branding, product launches and consultancy.

Former director and owner of three companies and design patent holder.

“ attended a Foundation Course in Art & Design at HCA in 1997 - 1978. For me, this was literally the foundation of everything which followed. At HCA I learned that there is often no single answer, no right and wrong solution, and that the better one defines a problem or brief, the more exciting, insightful and imaginative the outcome could be. My working life has been geared around 2D and 3D design and product development in commercial environments but what I learned here at HCA was the bedrock.
John Auckland

Career highlights

Commissioned to produce briefing papers for the House of Lords on sustainability in buildings on behalf of the Patrons of CIBSE (Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers) in the 1990s.

Launched the first integrated building management system which is now used in major building complexes across the UK.

Designed the iHome (connected home) feature stand for Interbuild 2000.

Secured a patent for a Vitamin D3 treatment system in 2021.