John has spent over 35 years working in the financial markets, where he held a number of roles in major financial organisations including Prudential, HBOS plc, Santander plc and BP plc. He was the Chief Investment Officer at Santander and was Head of Investments for the BP plc UK defined benefit pension fund. In 2017 he decided to leave the city and bought a leisure business in the South West, which he runs jointly with his wife. Since leaving full-time executive employment, he has also built up a portfolio of advisory roles for a number of financial organisations as well as sitting on the Board of Trustees for Balloons an Exeter based charity focused on providing bereavement counselling services to children and young people.
John Bearman
