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Sean Wallace is the Senior Managing Director of Asia Pacific Operations at Darby Overseas Investments Ltd., the private equity investment arm of Franklin Templeton that manages more than $560 billion in assets. Wallace joined Darby in April 2007 and is responsible for leading and managing the Asia Pacific operations, including assisting in two existing fund-raising efforts, building the private equity investment team in Asia and driving other development and investing opportunities for Darby in the region. He previously was a managing director at JP Morgan, where he spent almost six years, most recently as head of capital markets, Asia Pacific, and co-head of investment banking, Asia Pacific Ex-Japan. As a business leader for JP Morgan in Asia, Wallace was responsible for designing and implementing a broad restructuring of the investment banking and capital markets teams post the mergers of Chase, JP Morgan, Jardine Fleming and subsequently BancOne. Wallace received a bachelor's degree in history and economics from Harvard College and his MBA from Harvard Business School.

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