Background
John Alexander Le Fondré is the son of the late Deputy John Le Fondré (after whom the Jersey Airport departures hall is named).
accountant assistant minister politician
John Alexander Le Fondré is the son of the late Deputy John Le Fondré (after whom the Jersey Airport departures hall is named).
He was educated at Victoria College, and went to Kingston Polytechnic to read Accounting and Finance.
He entered the States of Jersey in the 2005 elections, as deputy for the Parish of Street Lawrence. He served as Assistant Finance Minister until 20 July 2007, when he assumed the position of Assistant Chief Minister. This included four months at the business school in Montpellier, France, where he became fluent in French.
He graduated with an Upper Second Class Honours and went to work for Ernst and Young, both in Jersey and Luxembourg.
He has taken a keen interest in parish affairs, acting as treasurer to the Street Lawrence Battle of Flowers Association from 2001 – 2005, and also treasurer to the Street Lawrence Parish Magazine – Les Laurentins from 2003 to the present. He is a qualified RYA dinghy instructor and has assisted with teaching youngsters to sail in connection with the Royal Channel Island Yacht Club.
He has also represented Victoria College, the Parish of Street Lawrence, and the Island of Jersey in target shooting.
He is a Chartered Accountant, and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (United Kingdom) and a member of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (United States of America). He was a Committee Member of the Street Lawrence Millennium Committee, and in that capacity also acted as Project Manager for the Street Lawrence Millennium Footpath Project (1997 – 2004), also writing and summarising much of the written information on display about the path on the information boards and individual signs, as well as working on the completion of the path itself.
