Alan co-founded Goodhart Partners in 2009 and today heads up our Global Real Return team, as well as overseeing investment activitied throughout the organisation. Alan’s diverse background began with investment consulting and manager research, holding senior roles at Hymans Robertson and Aon, before moving into multi-manager investing and launching thematic fund strategies at WestLB. Having established Goodhart Partners, Alan spent a decade building and supporting boutique investment firms. He later served as CIO of Templeton Global Equity Group (2019–2023) before returning to Goodhart. Alan is a long-term, thematic investor with a value bias and strong focus on portfolio structure and risk. He holds an MSc in Investment Analysis and a BA (Hons) in Economic Policy, both from the University of Stirling, Scotland.