John van Ruth

John van Ruth is the chief executive of Operation Finders Foundation, and holds a number of non-executive directorships.

Prior to his work in the not-for-profit sector, Mr van Ruth spent four years as chief financial officer of Coopers Brewery and held a number of senior executive roles with other iconic South Australian companies including the RAA of SA Inc, Adelaide Bank and Faulding.

His early career was with professional services firms EY, KPMG and Arthur Andersen with particular focus on strategic advisory services in emerging technologies in Australia, Netherlands and Canada.