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Franklin Templeton Investments Appoints New Head Of Discretionary
Franklin Templeton Investments has appointed Mark Dunn as the new head of discretionary for the UK.
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Templeton Investments has appointed Mark Dunn as the new head
of discretionary for the UK. He joins on 1 April and will
be based in London where he will report to Alex Brotherston, head
of UK retail sales. He takes over from Fraser Wildgoose, who was
promoted to a senior role at the firm's global consultancy
group.
In his new role, Dunn oversees fund distribution within the
discretionary channel and manages the discretionary sales
team. He will work with Mark Elliott, head of UK advisory
who joined the firm from Blackrock last year, Franklin Templeton
Investments said in a statement.
Dunn previously worked at Carmignac Gestion where he was sales
director for the last two years covering UK, Channel Islands,
Isle of Man and Ireland. Prior to this, he worked as head
of strategic business development at LV Asset Management where he
was responsible for managing the advisory team and developing
strategic alliances.
Previous to LVAM, he held positions at FundQuest, Insight
Investment, Lombard Odier and Fleming Asset Management.
