Matt Davison

Mr. Matthew Davison is a Portfolio Manager at Franklin Templeton Australia Ltd. He also specializes in fundamental research of the Australian financial sector and has a keen interest in uncovering true fundamental insights.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Davison worked at Merrill Lynch for nine years, and was their lead banking analyst since 2007.
Prior to this, he was with Citigroup Smith Barney for two years as an equity research analyst in the financials team and at National Australia Bank for three and half years in its M&A division, where he was involved in a number of large transactions.
He holds a Bachelor of commerce (honours) from the University of Melbourne, and holds a graduate diploma in applied finance and investment from the Securities Institute of Australia.