Franklin Templeton Investments has named Mark Dunn as the new UK discretionary head, effective 1 April.
In his new role, Dunn will be responsible for fund distribution within the discretionary channel as well as managing the discretionary sales team.
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He will work alongside Mark Elliott, head of UK advisory, who has joined the firm from Blackrock last year.
Based in London, Dunn will report to Alex Brotherston, head of UK retail sales.
Prior to joining Franklin Templeton, Dunn has worked at Carmignac Gestion as sales director for the past two years in UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and Ireland.
Earlier to this, he also served as head of strategic business development at LV Asset Management, where he was responsible for managing the advisory team and developing strategic alliances. Previously, he has held positions at FundQuest, Insight Investment, Lombard Odier and Fleming Asset Management.
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By GlobalDataAlex Brotherston said: "Mark brings with him over 24 years of experience in the asset management industry and I look forward to working with him and growing our market share in the discretionary channel."
Ian Wilkins, UK country head at Franklin Templeton Investments said: "Last year, we made some key distribution and investment hires, as we continue to build out our UK team in line with our strategic objectives."
