TGI represents the combined businesses of Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity (FTEME) and Templeton Global Equity Group (TGEG) under a single umbrella.

Lee (pictured) is responsible for representing TGI’s strategies in the Asia Pacific and Middle East regions, working closely with the firm’s distribution partners and clients to accelerate growth, deepen relationships and strengthen the its market position in these key regions. Lee is based in Singapore and reports to Anu Sawhney, managing director and head of business development at TGI.

Lee has more than 20 years of experience across investment banking and asset management in Europe and Asia. Prior to Franklin Templeton, he most recently served as a client portfolio manager representing Japan equities at Eastspring Investments. He has also worked at Jupiter Asset Management, Schroders, Sloane Robinson, Goldman Sachs and UBS. Lee holds a bachelor of science in business administration from the University of Wales, Cardiff.

Lee is taking over from William Chang, who will still be based in Singapore, reporting to Evan Davis, head of business development at the Franklin Equity Group. Chang will lead business development efforts in the APAC region to expand on Franklin Equity Group’s diverse range of public and private growth, innovation, and sector-focused investment and portfolio solutions.

Chang has nearly 20 years of experience in the asset management industry. Immediately before joining Franklin Templeton in 2021, Chang was a vice president with the client solutions team with Goldman Sachs Asset Management in New York. Chang holds a bachelor of science in operations research and industrial engineering from Cornell University.

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, has appointed former MLC Asset Management senior figure Daniel Greyling to the newly-created role of vice president, Asia-Pacific business development.

Greyling, who is based in Sydney, Australia, will be responsible for developing and managing PGIM Private Alternatives’ institutional client relationships across APAC, with a particular focus on Australia and South East Asia. 

In his role, Greyling will report to Eduard Wehry, head of Asia-Pacific business development, PGIM Private Alternatives, the firm said. 

At MLC, Greyling was director of institutional sales. Before this, he spent 12 years at Russell Investments.

In September 2023, PGIM formed PGIM Private Alternatives, which brings together the firm’s private alternatives capabilities. It manages $320.5 billion (as of 31 March 2024) in private alternative strategies across private credit, real estate equity and debt, private equity, and agriculture.