50+
years of fixed income investment expertise
Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
Sonal Desai
Sonal Desai, Ph.D. is the executive vice president and chief investment officer for Franklin Templeton Fixed Income. Dr. Desai is responsible for overseeing Franklin's Municipal, Corporate Credit, Floating Rate, Multisector, Global (including Emerging Markets), and Money Market Fixed Income teams.
Our sector team leaders
Deep and experienced fixed income sector teams led by seasoned leaders.
Multi-Sector
Michael V. Salm
SVP, Director, Head of Multisector and Securitized Strategies
Joined Putnam in 1997 (Acquired by Franklin Templeton in 2024)
Patrick Klein, Ph.D.
Head of Multi-Sector Portfolio Management
Albert Chan, CFA
Head of Portfolio Construction/Analytics
Paul Varunok
Co-Head of Securitized Products
(MBS/CMBS/RMBS/ABS)
Jatin Misra, Ph.D., CFA
Co-Head of Securitized Products
(MBS/CMBS/RMBS/ABS)
Steven Horner, CFA
Co-Head of Stable Value
Jo Anne Ferullo, CFA
Co-Head of Stable Value
Corporate Credit
Josh Lohmeier, CFA
SVP, Portfolio Manager, Investment Grade
Joined Franklin Templeton in 2021
Glenn Voyles, CFA
Head of High Yield Credit
Joanne Driscoll, CFA
Head of Short-Term Liquid Markets
Reema Agarwal, CFA
Head of Floating Rate
Co-Head of CLOs
Scott D’Orsi, CFA
Co-Head of CLOs
Eric Abrahamson
Head of Fixed Income Trading
Corporate Credit Research
Navin H. Belani
Head of Credit Research
Joined Putnam in 2003 (Acquired by Franklin Templeton in 2024)
Brian French
Deputy Director of Research
Municipal Bonds
Ben Barber, CFA
SVP, Director, Municipal Bond Department
Joined Franklin Templeton in 2020
Jennifer Johnston
Director of Research – Municipal Bonds
Lloyd Nemerever, CFA
Head of Municipal Bonds SMA Strategies
James Conn, CFA
Head of Municipal Bond Funds Portfolio Management
Luis Toro, CFA
Head of Portfolio Construction
European and Global Fixed Income
David Zahn, CFA
SVP, Head of European Fixed Income
Joined Franklin Templeton in 2006
John Beck
SVP, Director, Global Fixed Income
Joined Franklin Templeton in 1990
Emerging Market
Nicholas Hardingham, CFA
SVP, Director Emerging Market Debt
Joined Franklin Templeton in 2002
Robert Nelson, CFA
SVP, Portfolio Manager, Research Analyst
Stephanie Ouwendijk, CFA
SVP, Portfolio Manager, Research Analyst
Joanna Woods, CFA
VP, Portfolio Manager, Research Analyst
Templeton Global Macro
Michael Hasenstab
Executive Vice President, Portfolio Manager
Chief Investment Officer
Joined Franklin Templeton in 1995
Calvin Ho, PH.D.
Senior Vice President, Portfolio Manager
Director of Research
Christine Yuhui Zhu
Senior Vice President, Portfolio Manager
Director of Portfolio Construction & Trading
Country Strategies
Rahul Goswami
MD, CIO, India Fixed Income
Santosh Kamath
President & CEO India Alternative Investments
Mohieddine (Dino) Kronfol
Head of MENA Fixed Income / Global Sukuk
Hanifah Hashim
Head of Malaysia Fixed Income
Chris Siniakov
Head of Australia Fixed Income
Tom O’Gorman, CFA
Head of Americas Fixed Income
Ramse Gutierrez, CFA
Co-Head of Mexico Fixed Income
Luis Gonzali, CFA
Co-Head of Mexico Fixed Income
Michal Oleszkiewicz
Head of Poland Fixed Income
How we stack up¹
180+
dedicated fixed income professionals around the world
US$211
billions in fixed income assets under management1
18
risk management professionals
1. As of December 31, 2024