Jon has more than twenty years of experience investing in India and is an acknowledged expert on its economy, capital markets and companies. In 1994 he co-founded the Indian Smaller Companies Fund, which was subsequently renamed the India Capital Fund. He was previously a business journalist based in Hong Kong, prior to which he was at Drexel Burnham Lambert in London. 

Jon holds a PhD in politics from the London School of Economics, where he was a graduate scholar. He has written extensively about India and has appeared frequently on BBC World, Bloomberg TV, CNN, CNBC (Asia), CNBC (India) and Star TV.