Jane Trust, CFA

Jane Trust is a senior vice president and head of fund board management for Franklin Templeton. Ms. Trust manages and serves as an interested director on the legacy - Legg Mason fund boards. She also partners closely with internal groups, such as legal, fund administration and accounting, on board areas of focus.

Prior to joining Franklin Templeton, Ms. Trust was a senior managing director at Legg Mason & Co., LLC. and president and chief executive officer of the Legg Mason - Affiliated Funds. Since 2019, Ms. Trust served as Legg Mason's global head of product management and had responsibility for U.S. Fund Board governance since 2015. From 2017 to 2019, she served as the head of US product management. From 2007 to 2014, Ms. Trust served as an institutional portfolio manager and head of client service with Legg Mason Capital Management, which became part of ClearBridge Investments in March 2013. Before joining Legg Mason Capital Management, she was head of investments for Legg Mason Investment Counsel. Previously, Ms. Trust was a fixed income portfolio manager. Ms. Trust joined Legg Mason in 1987.

Ms. Trust holds a bachelor of arts in engineering sciences from Dartmouth College and an MAS in finance from The Johns Hopkins University. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder.