John is Managing Director and the Lead Portfolio Manager in Heitman’s Asia-Pacific Public Real Estate Securities group. He also serves on the group’s Global Investment Committee and co-manages the group’s global real estate securities strategies. He is an equity owner of the firm and a member of the firm’s Management Committee. John has over 20 years of experience in listed and private equity real estate as well as property debt markets across Asia. Prior to joining Heitman in 2010, John was co-head of real estate securities at Challenger (Heitman’s Asian JV partner for real estate securities) for five years; he was also senior investment manager, real estate securities at HSBC Asset Management from 2001. Before moving to investment management, John worked across the region in property equity research at HSBC and property/credit advisory with ANZ Banking Group. He began his career as a real estate valuer at Landauer and Chesterton.

John received a BBus in Land Economy from University of Western Sydney-Hawkesbury and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from the Securities Institute of Australia. He is a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, the Asian Public Real Estate Association, the Australian Institute of Company Directors and FINSIA.