John Dear

John Dear

Head of Active Value

Bio

John Dear, Head of Active Value, is member of the UK Real Assets team, and is responsible for the development and management of direct property segregated accounts and institutional funds.  Prior to taking over the fund management of the Aegon Active Value Open Ended Fund in 2016, John was the deputy fund manager of the Aegon Property Income Fund. Prior to his current role, he worked for CBRE where he was an investment agent in the Hotel Capital Markets EMEA team. John has been in the industry since 2004 and started with the firm in 2011. He has an MSc in Real Estate Management from Oxford Brookes University and is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.