Garey James Aitken

Mr. Garey J.
Aitken, CFA MBA, is a Chief Investment Officer at Franklin Bissett Investment Management.
He has been with Franklin Bissett since 1998.
In June 2017, Mr. Aitken was appointed Chief Investment Officer of Developed Markets Equity - Franklin Local Asset Management.
In this role, Mr. Aitken oversees developed market equity LAMs including Australia, Europe and the U.K.
and the respective heads for each report directly to him.
Past duties have included responsibility for Franklin Bissett's domestic small and microcap equity programs.
In 2000, Mr. Aitken was named Vice President, Portfolio Manager, and in 2002, he was named Vice President, Director of Equity Research.
Previous to joining the firm, he was an officer for a senior Canadian energy firm.
Prior to that, he was employed with a Canadian Chartered Bank in a corporate lending role.
Mr. Aitken holds a bachelor of commerce from the University of Alberta and an MBA from the University of British Columbia.
He is a Chartered Financial Analyst charterholder.