Templeton Global Macro Webinar

Stephen Dover

Chief Market Strategist,
Head of Franklin Templeton Investment Institute,
Franklin Templeton

As Franklin Templeton’s Chief Market Strategist and Head of the Franklin Templeton Investment Institute, Stephen Dover leverages the knowledge of the firm’s autonomous investment teams to provide global capital market and long-term investment insights internally and to clients. The Franklin Templeton Investment Institute harnesses the depth and breadth of the firm’s global investment expertise and extensive in-house research capabilities to deliver unique investment insights to clients. Mr. Dover is a member of Franklin Resources' executive committee, a small group of the company's top leaders responsible for shaping the firm's overall strategy.

Prior to his current role, Mr. Dover served as Executive Vice President, Head of Equities for Franklin Templeton, leading the firm's equity investment teams. He has also served as Chief Investment Officer of the firm’s Emerging Markets Equity group and local asset management teams. Previously, Mr. Dover was a founder and chief investment officer of Bradesco Templeton Asset Management (BTAM), a joint venture between Franklin Templeton and Banco Bradesco in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Prior to joining Franklin Templeton in 1997, Mr. Dover was a portfolio manager with Vanguard where he co-managed an equity income strategy. He also worked for Towers Perrin Consulting (now Willis Towers Watson) in New York, London and San Francisco.

Over the course of his 40 years in the investment industry, Mr. Dover has lived in China, Europe, Brazil and the United States. Mr. Dover holds a B.A., with honors, from Lewis and Clark College and an M.B.A. in finance from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder. Mr. Dover is on the Board of Trustees of Lewis and Clark College and Law School.

Aram Green

Managing Director,
Portfolio Manager,
ClearBridge Investments

Aram co-manages several small cap, mid cap, and multi-cap growth strategies at ClearBridge, and manages the Select strategy. He has 20 years of investment industry experience and began his career in asset management as an equity analyst at Hygrove Partners, LLC. Aram joined ClearBridge Investments as a research analyst in the Information Technology sector in 2006 before being named a portfolio manager. He is a member of the ClearBridge Management Committee.

Prior to joining Hygrove, Aram was co-founder and executive vice president of iCollege, a software company catering to the educational market place. In 2001, iCollege was acquired by BlackBoard Inc.

Aram earned a BA in Economics from Union College. Aram serves as a board member for several non-profit organizations.

Matt J. Moberg, CPA

Senior Vice President,
Portfolio Manager,
Franklin Equity Group

Matt J. Moberg is a vice president and portfolio manager with the Franklin Equity Group. Mr. Moberg is the lead portfolio manager of Franklin DynaTech Fund.

He joined Franklin Templeton full-time as an equity analyst in 1999 and specialized in research analysis of Internet, media, software and gaming.

Mr. Moberg earned his B.A. in history from Washington & Lee University and an M.B.A. with distinction from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Mr. Moberg also studied accounting at the University of Southern California.

Francis Scotland

Director of Global Macro Research,
Brandywine Global Investment Management

Francis joined the firm in 2006 and has developed a proprietary global macroeconomic research structure to support the fixed-income group's investment process, and also provides investment ideas and strategic asset allocation recommendations.

From 1984 until 2005, Francis was a principal of the BCA Research Group ('BCA'), formerly the Bank Credit Analyst, and head of global investment strategy. BCA is well known in the investment community for providing high quality and independent top-down macro forecasts and investment strategy.

In addition to his strategist's role, he drove product development at the firm and contributed to its growth until the firm was sold in 2001. In the final three years at BCA, Francis was Editor-in-Chief of all the firm's investment research products. He spent several years in the policy departments of the Bank of Canada in the early 1980s working in the areas of monetary, economic and financial analysis. Francis has a Master's degree in Economics from the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada and an Honors BA in Economics from Queen's University in Kingston, Canada. He has lectured at a variety of economic, financial and investment conferences/seminars across North America, Asia and Europe and has written several editorials and essays for a range of financial publications including the Financial Times of London.