John Rossant is the founder and Chairman of the Monaco Hydrogen Alliance, launched in 2020 as a new global initiative to catalyze interest in and promote the use of renewable hydrogen throughout the value chain of mobility. John also leads CoMotion, the Los Angeles-based events, media and consulting group focused on emerging mobility space. CoMotion organizes the CoMotion LA and CoMotion MIAMI conferences on the future of mobility and is the publisher of CoMotion NEWS, the webinar series CoMotion LIVE and the Fast Forward podcast. ​

John Rossant is also the founder and chairman of the NewCities Foundation. He believes it is imperative that different stakeholders work together to improve the quality of life and work in 21st century cities. From its founding in 2010, NewCities’ mission has focused on shaping a better and more sustainable urban future by generating and scaling ideas and solutions through events, research and urban innovation projects - with a particular focus on the impact of new technologies on city-building. NewCities is a non-profit foundation based in Montreal.​

John was previously Executive Chairman of PublicisLive in Geneva, Switzerland, the group responsible for the production of some of the most important gatherings of political and business leaders, including the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos and other WEF events around the world. In 2010, President Sarkozy of France asked John to organize the e-G8 Forum on the future of the Internet, which took place in Paris in May of that year. John is a member of the board of the Foundation Tocqueville in Paris, the Alliance for SoCal Innovation, and is a member of the Advisory Board of NEOM, the large new city project in northwest Saudi Arabia.​

John is the author of Hop, Skip, Go. How the Mobility Revolution Is Transforming Our Lives, recently published by HarperCollins. ​