Mark Mobius

former Executive Chairman, Emerging Markets Group, Franklin Templeton and Founder, Mobius Capital Partners

Eponymous founder Mr Mobius has spent over 40 years working in and travelling throughout emerging and frontier markets. During this time he has been in charge of actively managed funds totalling over $40 billion in assets. Prior to launching Mobius Capital Partners in May 2018, Mark was with Franklin Templeton Investments for more than 30 years, most recently as executive chairman of the Templeton Emerging Markets Group. During his tenure, the group expanded AUM from US$100 million to over US$40,000 million and launched a number of emerging market and frontier funds focusing on Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. In addition to open-end and closed-end mutual funds, he launched a successful series of emerging market PE funds. Prior to joining Templeton, Mark was Chief Executive of International Investment Trust. He has also been a key figure in developing the international policy for emerging markets and was selected to serve on the World Bank’s Global Corporate Governance Forum as a member of the Private Sector Advisory Group and as co-chairman of its Investor Responsibility Task Force.