Templeton Emerging adds another manager to team – Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust has announced that Andrew Ness will be named as a portfolio manager of TEMIT with effect from 17 September, 2018. He will work closely alongside TEMIT’s lead portfolio manager Chetan Sehgal, who continues to serve as director of portfolio management for Global Emerging Markets (GEM) and Small Cap strategies for Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity.
They point out that the portfolio managers of TEMIT are further supported by an experienced team of over 80 dedicated emerging markets investment professionals located across 20 offices around the world.
Paul Manduca, chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust PLC, commented: “Andrew Ness brings a wealth of experience, and we believe his appointment as a portfolio manager, together with Chetan Sehgal’s strong leadership, will further strengthen the team’s investment resources and capabilities and position the company well for the future. The board looks forward to working alongside both Chetan and Andrew.”
Andrew recently decided to move to Templeton from Martin Currie. Andrew joined Martin Currie in 2010 from SWIP, where he was investment director on the global emerging markets equity desk. As portfolio manager, Andrew managed SWIP’s global emerging markets sustainability portfolios. As sector analyst, he was responsible for stocks across the financial sector in emerging markets. Before joining SWIP, Andrew was a portfolio manager with Deutsche Asset Management in New York and London. He began his career with Murray Johnstone in Glasgow, where he managed his first emerging‐market mandates. He is an associate of the UK Society of Investment Professionals (ASIP). Andrew has an MSc in business economics from the University of Strathclyde.
TEM : Templeton Emerging adds another manager to team