Gregory Van Beek

Gregory Van Beek is a Managing Director at Global Emerging Markets, focusing on special situation investments in both public capital markets and private opportunities. He brings 25 years of experience in private equity, portfolio management, investment research and strategy. Previously, Mr. Van Beek was Senior Vice President at Franklin Templeton Investments. Prior to that, he was Director, Strategy at Temasek International Ltd., the Singaporean sovereign investor. He was also Director and Investment Officer for the firm with transactional responsibilities in various sectors and markets, both emerging and developed. He began his career in Moscow, in the early days of the Russian capital markets, as an equity analyst. He has degrees in Russian and Business from Southern Methodist University, and an MBA from the American Graduate School of International Management.