John
Hunter – Co Founder of Organic &
Natural Enterprise Group (ONE
Group)
John
was born in Sydney, Australia in 1948. He moved
to Canberra with his parents in 1953 where he
was educated at Canberra Grammar School.
From 1964 - 1966 he studied accountancy
before joining the Australian Army to become a
topographical surveyor. He spent 12 years in the
Royal Australian Survey Corps from 1966 - 1978.
During that time, John served in Vietnam from
1967 - 1968 and New Guinea from 1971 - 1974.
Following his resignation from the Army in 1978,
John started Monarch Publishing, which he sold
in 1982.
John started his Network
Marketing career in late 1982 when, with 2
friends, he started Herbalife in Australia. Over
the next 7 years, John, with his background in
accounting, publishing and computers, helped
establish a number of companies both in
Australia and the USA. It was during his time in
California that he took up the sport of
Triathlon, finishing 5th in his age group at the
1987 Californian State Titles.
In 1988, John returned to Australia to
continue participating in triathlons. In late
1989, he was approached by Barry Mower to help
establish Neways (then Images) in Australia. As
Managing Director, John also established the New
Zealand operations in 1990 and was responsible
for the restructure of Malaysia in 1992 and
England in 1994. In July 1994, John was invited
by Tom & Dee Mower to go to Provo, Utah to take
up the position of CEO of Neways Inc. John, his
wife Connie and their two daughters moved to
Utah in September 1994 and took up residence in
Provo.
In March 1995, John resigned his position
with Neways. Over the following two months, he
was contacted by a number of prominent Network
Marketing Companies, with a view to having him
join their corporate teams. In May 1995, John
accepted the position of President of N/A/T/O
(Networking Alliance for Today's Opportunities)
which was based in Vancouver, Canada. While with
N/A/T/O, John was responsible for establishing
markets in the USA, Taiwan and Australia.
In 1997, John was persuaded by a group of
prominent Distributors to establish a Company
called Life Dynamics. Over the next 2 years,
Life Dynamics conducted operations in the USA
and Australia where it took over the ailing Life
Earth Corporation (LEC). In November 1999, Life
Dynamics was sold to Kaire Inc., a USA public
company.
John and his family returned to Australia in
early 2000 and established themselves on the
Gold Coast in Queensland. In June 2000, the
owners of a Utah based Network Marketing Company
called The Brain Garden asked John to formalize
the establishment of the Company in Australia
and become its Managing Director. John stayed
with the Company until October 2001 when they
parted company due to differences in management
style.
At the end of 2001, John met the owners of
Miessence,
Narelle Chenery
and Alf Orpen. He
was very impressed with their range of Certified
Organic products. In July 2002, following
lengthy discussions, John launched Hygeia, a
Network Marketing
Company utilizing the Miessence range and a
Certified
Organic probiotic with which he had a
long-standing involvement.
In February 2003, after further talks, it was
decided that Miessence and Hygeia should join
forces to promote Certified Organic products to
the world through a new marketing system called
a Multi-Channel Enterprise.
Organic and Natural Enterprise Group Pty.
Ltd. - ONE Group was born
