John Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe is Chairman of the Duke of Newcastle Trusts and the Weller Poley Trusts and sits as a trustee/consultant for five other family trusts.

Jo is currently a non-executive director of the Ellis Campbell Group and Hintlesham Holdings Ltd and is a trustee of the Elvetham Charitable Trust and the Newcastle Charitable Trust.  Previously he managed his own family estate comprising office, residential, leisure and agricultural property in Edgbaston, Birmingham and elsewhere in the UK, USA, Europe and Australia.