Sandy Nairn

Sandy Nairn is Chairman of the Templeton Global Equity Group (TGEG) and one of the founding partners of UK investment company, Edinburgh Partners where he is CEO & Investment Partner as well as Chairman of the Board of Directors. In his role as Chairman of TGEG, Sandy has oversight of and provides guidance to the senior management of the TGEG.

Prior to establishing Edinburgh Partners, he was Chief Investment Officer of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (November 2000 to March 2003). Between 1990 and 2000 he was employed by Templeton Investment Management where he was Executive Vice President and the Director of Global Equity Research. During his time at Templeton, he was responsible for overseeing all research activities within the Templeton Group having spent the last year at Ft Lauderdale, Florida. Before joining Templeton Investment Management, Sandy spent four years at Murray Johnstone as a portfolio manager and research analyst. Prior to that, he spent a year as an economist at the Scottish Development Agency.

In 2001 he published a book titled “Engines that Move Markets: Technology Investing from Railroads to the Internet and Beyond” (2nd edition 2018). In 2012 he published his second book, “Templeton's Way With Money - the Strategies and Philosophy of a Legendary Investor”.

Dr. Nairn graduated from the University of Strathclyde in 1982 and in 1985 he achieved a PhD in Economics from the University of Strathclyde/Scottish Business School. He is an Associate of the UK Society of Investment Professionals in the UK and is a CFA charterholder with the CFA Institute in the United States.