Principal of GlenForest Corporate, a boutique legal strategy and board and commercial governance advisory firm based in Perth. John is currently the Chairman of Hunt Architects and McDowall Affleck Deacon Engineers. John is also a non-executive director of ASX company, Stealth Global Holdings Ltd (and Chairman of its Remuneration and Nomination Committee). 
Partner of national law firm Deacons (now Norton Rose Fulbright) from 1987 to 2004 where he specialised in franchising, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance. He was also the managing partner of the Perth office of Deacons from 1998 to 2002.
Mr Groppoli was until June 2023 a director for almost 17 years at Senses Foundation, a leading NFP organisation providing support to deaf and deaf/blind patients. 
Non-Executive Director of Automotive Holdings Group Ltd (ASX:AHG) stepping down at the end of September 2019 after 13 years. During that time, John was also Chairman of their Remuneration and Nomination Committee.
Qualifications/Memberships: B Juris, LLB and FAICD.