Franklin Templeton has appointed Nicole Vettise as senior vice president, institutional portfolio manager (IPM) within its Emerging Markets Equity’s (FTEME) investment team.

Ms Vettise’s primary responsibility will be to support FTEME’s full suite of strategies for clients in Europe and North America. She will be reporting to Manraj Sekhon, chief investment officer (CIO), FTEME.

Based in London, she brings over 20 years of experience in the investment industry and joins the company from BlackRock where she managed a team of product strategists for a range of equity strategies including natural resources and thematic funds.

Prior to that she worked at RBC Global Asset Management and JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM).

Franklin Templeton has $683 billion in assets under management and offices in over 30 countries and has 70 years of investment experience.