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Andrew Sleeman

Portfolio Manager

Sector Coverage

Financials, Industrials & Real Estate

Andrew Sleeman

Portfolio Manager

Andrew has over 35 years of experience in the investment industry, researching and managing global, international, and sector-specific strategies across equity and debt markets. Andrew was Portfolio Manager at Franklin Mutual Advisers for over a decade, managing the Franklin Mutual International Fund (2008-2020), and the Franklin Mutual Financial Services Fund (2009-2020), as well as leading the Global Financial Services team and the Asia Pacific research expansion.

Joining Bell Asset Management in 2022, Andrew brings his experience as an investor with forensic analytical skills, deep industry knowledge, and a successful stock-picking career. In addition to his bottom-up investment approach, he adds a unique top-down overlay as a former tactical asset allocator and financial industry expert, with experience as a non-Executive Director and Board Advisor with numerous companies. Andrew is the firm’s New Jersey based Portfolio Manager, and has primary research responsibilities in the Financials and Industrials sectors.

Andrew has been based in the US since 1999, when he transferred as an International Equities Sales Specialist with what is now known as BNP Paribas Exane, before moving to renowned financial industry experts Fox-Pitt, Kelton on the way to Franklin Mutual. Prior to moving to the US, Andrew traded bonds, derivatives, and currencies at JP Morgan Investment Management in Australia.

He obtained his Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance) degree from Monash University, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

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