Carlos Von Hardenberg is one of the founding partners of Mobius Capital Partners LLP, with 21 years of experience in financial markets.

Carlos spent 17 years with Franklin Templeton Investments starting as a research analyst based in Singapore, focusing on South East Asia. He then went on to live and work in Poland before moving to Istanbul, Turkey for 10 years. Carlos has spent extensive time travelling in Asia, Latin America, Africa and Eastern Europe researching companies and identifying investment targets. Throughout his career, the funds that Carlos has managed have received numerous awards, most recently Investment Week's Emerging Markets Investment Company of the Year 2017, Money Observer's 2017 Best Emerging Markets Trust and What Investment Trust Awards 2017 Best Emerging Markets Investment Trust.

He managed country, regional and global emerging and frontier market portfolios and was appointed the lead manager of LSE-listed Templeton Emerging Market Trust PLC in 2015. Carlos successfully managed the fund and generated significant outperformance over the entire period of his leadership. He also established and managed one of the largest global frontier market funds for a decade.

Prior to joining Franklin Templeton Carlos worked as a corporate finance analyst for Bear Stearns International in London and New York.

He holds a Master of Science degree in Investment Management from City University London and studied in Germany, the UK and Pennsylvania, US.

Carlos is married with four children born and raised in Poland and Turkey. In his free time, he enjoys being with his family, especially in the mountains, as well as reading history.