John Slyne

Senior Executive with responsibility for Ancestry.com's operations outside the US, including the UK, Canada, Australia, Continental Europe. * Ancestry.com is the world's largest Family History and consumer genomics platform - with over 3 million paying subscribers world-wide, 22 million in the world’s largest consumer DNA network and revenues in excess of $1B * Ancestry was acquired by Blackstone for $4.7B in August 2020. Employee #1 and built the headquarters from the beginning.

Oversaw all aspects in relation to finance, accounting, legal, mergers and acquisitions, operations and business strategy, building and scaling the team in the Groups Headquarters.

Financial Consultant with responsibility to help steer the company through its IPO including working with investment banking, auditing and legal groups whilst also ensuring that internal management are prepared for the requirements of public company and that financial and process controls are in place to Sarbanes Oxley requirements

Accountable for the financial operations and reporting of Planning and Treasury functions. Also held position of European Financial Controller.

Managed SAP implementations worldwide, CO module