John May was a Conservative Borough Councillor in Surrey Heath for 12 years between May 2003 and May 2015 as a member for Watchetts Ward. He was Mayor of Surrey Heath for the year 2010/2011 having been Deputy Mayor in 2009/2010. He was Chairman of Surrey Heath Conservative Association from 2015 to 2019 and Deputy Chairman Political from 2019 to date. In 2018 to 2019 he was Area Deputy Chairman Political for Surrey.
By trade John is a Chartered Accountant with special interests in Micro, Small and Medium sized businesses. He is Chairman of the Genesis Initiative Limited which lobbies Government to make the UK the best place to start and grow a business. It has 117 trade associations under its banner representing over 1million businesses. The Genesis Patron is HRH Prince Michael of Kent.
John is the Founder of the Lisa May Foundation which is a local charity set up following the death of his daughter Lisa in the Boxing Day Tsunami of 2004. It supports victims of natural disasters as well as local principally Surrey based charities.
Correspondence address:
c/o Surrey Heath Conservative Association
Curzon House
Windlesham
Surrey
GU20 6BH