John Stuart Farrand is a British-American business executive.
For fourteen years he worked for a U.K. company, Music Hire Group Limited, and served as managing director beginning in 1973. From 1980 until 1985, he was a senior executive at Warner Communications Inc., which included heading up its Atari Coin-Operated Games Division.[1] During the 1980s, Panavision was sold by Warner Communications to a investment consortium led by Ted Field, John Farrand, and Alan Hirschfield. Five months later, Field and John Farrand bought out the other investors. They sold the company in 1987.[2]
John Farrand became president and chief operating officer of Panavision in 1985,[1] then in 1998 he was promoted to president and CEO of Panavision by William C. Scott.[3] In 2003, he resigned his positions to pursue other interests.[4] This resignation occurred during efforts by Panasonic to overcome financial losses that were primarily induced by debt.[5]