--- title: "PUTNAM INVESTMENTS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier" canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4df49461-f944-52ce-b6f4-e520db2ecd43 json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/4df49461-f944-52ce-b6f4-e520db2ecd43 identifier: oo:GB-COH-01619244 jurisdiction: GB risk: Low source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph --- # PUTNAM INVESTMENTS LIMITED **Type:** Company **Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb) **Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-01619244` **Risk level:** Low **Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4df49461-f944-52ce-b6f4-e520db2ecd43 **Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/4df49461-f944-52ce-b6f4-e520db2ecd43 ## Ownership & control ### Owners / controllers - **Ms Sophie Desmarais** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ebdd7fd7-5e94-5a0e-9cff-d538dc33a659 - **Mr. André Desmarais** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a0cb752c-7637-501c-89ce-fcd0ef278cfe - **Mr. Michel Plessis-Belair** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0ad30421-8b8a-591f-b18a-2d7fe481bb72 - **Mr. Guy Fortin** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0fbd043e-1663-55e1-890b-5f370a67a756 - **Mr. Paul Desmarais, Jr.** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/65ce8022-4115-58bc-b5b2-fe2b1fc47bbc - **Ms Jacqueline Desmarais** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b7b99770-7a44-569e-a576-239c6159c932 - **MINS HOLDINGS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4485c11b-69a0-5269-b6cf-81740835f6e3 - **Ms Sophie Desmarais** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/660f5735-bde6-4122-83aa-cc7f60960061 - **Franklin Resources, Inc.** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4bb3c646-0b22-4c24-9f05-cc9c96b3cecb - **Mr. Gary Albert Doer** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/01ec2423-99e9-4c64-a194-8f0fae3dd4ab - **Mr. André Desmarais** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/50d53d06-bdfc-403b-9e1c-63773138f3e2 - **Mr. Michel Plessis-Belair** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/92956fc4-6c85-4801-ac4d-9a22711a126e - **Mr. Guy Fortin** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/77037bad-fe77-4556-a92d-84124966d737 - **Mr. Paul Desmarais, Jr.** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e31882cf-20b0-4b34-831e-79a0a50b942d - **Ms Jacqueline Desmarais** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/58c0dabf-c3c3-4f5a-853e-e7006ab9c6e4 ### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner) A **19-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing. ## Company profile (live · UK Companies House) - **Company number:** `01619244` - **Status:** liquidation - **Type:** ltd - **Incorporated:** 1982-03-02 - **Registered office:** 2nd Floor, Medway Bridge House, 1-8 Fairmeadow, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1JP - **SIC:** 66300 ### Officers - WHYTE, Mary Patricia — secretary · appointed 2013-05-31 - GANDHI, Vivek — director · British · appointed 2019-07-16 - MCCORMACK, Alan Graham, Dr — director · British · appointed 2008-12-23 - BARLOW, Jane Nicola — secretary · British · appointed 2000-01-04 · resigned 2006-08-17 - FERRIS, Thomas Anthony — secretary · British · resigned 1994-02-15 - HALL, Tracey Michelle — secretary · British · appointed 2006-08-17 · resigned 2013-05-31 - POLLARD, Mark — secretary · British · appointed 1994-07-15 · resigned 1999-02-11 - STONEHOUSE, Gillian Sarah — secretary · British · appointed 1999-02-11 · resigned 2000-01-04 - ANTILL, Jennifer — director · British · appointed 1998-08-11 · resigned 1999-05-28 - BONEPARTH, John — director · Usa · appointed 2000-08-22 · resigned 2005-08-04 - COHEN, Stephen Benedict — director · British · appointed 2002-10-09 · resigned 2004-11-30 - CONNOLLY, William Tondorf — director · American · appointed 2007-10-24 · resigned 2010-09-15 - CUSTANCE BAKER, Jonathan James — director · British · appointed 1992-06-29 · resigned 1993-07-30 - DAVIS, Simon Lee — director · British · appointed 2006-05-09 · resigned 2019-02-28 - EDLIN, David Barry — director · American · appointed 2001-04-10 · resigned 2002-04-25 - GOULD, Jeffrey Lewis, Mr. — director · American · appointed 2015-12-02 · resigned 2021-06-30 - KNUTZEN, Eric Leif — director · American · appointed 2000-08-22 · resigned 2001-05-04 - LUCEY, Thomas — director · American · appointed 1994-07-15 · resigned 1997-06-01 - MALEK, Ziad — director · Usa · appointed 2001-11-30 · resigned 2003-03-15 - MALLOY, Julie Marie — director · American · appointed 1997-05-06 · resigned 2000-08-22 ### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control) - [Franklin Resources, Inc](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4bb3c646-0b22-4c24-9f05-cc9c96b3cecb) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United States — since 2024-01-01 - Mr. Gary Albert Doer — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · Canada — ceased 2024-01-02 - Ms Sophie Desmarais — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · Canada — ceased 2024-01-02 - Mr. André Desmarais — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · Canada — ceased 2024-01-02 - Mr. Guy Fortin — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · Canada — ceased 2024-01-02 - Mr. Paul Desmarais, Jr. — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · Canada — ceased 2024-01-02 - Mr. Michel Plessis-Belair — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · Canada — ceased 2023-01-01 - Ms Jacqueline Desmarais — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · Canada — ceased 2018-03-03 ## Provenance - OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01619244 - companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01619244 ## Get the full, resolved dossier (agent-callable) The above is the free teaser. The resolved **multi-hop UBO chain**, ownership **%**, full **financial history**, itemised **assets** and the hop-by-hop **exposure path** are the paid depth — callable as tools from your agent: ```bash npx -y @whiteintel/mcp-server # then: get_dossier · trace_ownership_path · check_offshore_exposure ``` Or unlock a one-off cited dossier for **PUTNAM INVESTMENTS LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4df49461-f944-52ce-b6f4-e520db2ecd43 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing. --- _This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **PUTNAM INVESTMENTS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4df49461-f944-52ce-b6f4-e520db2ecd43 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/4df49461-f944-52ce-b6f4-e520db2ecd43._ _Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._