Anand Radhakrishnan

Head of Digital Products at Franklin Templeton Investments

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Anand Radhakrishnan is the Head of Digital Products with Franklin Templeton Investments and is responsible for the research, build and management of digital investment products and solutions offered globally by the organization including its flagship digital product the “Goals Optimization Engine”. He joined Franklin Templeton in 2012 and prior to taking up his current role, was the Director for Analytics & Strategy for 8 countries in the Americas region. Prior to joining Franklin Templeton, he worked for several years with IBM and Deloitte Consulting in global consulting roles. Anand has done his Post Graduation in Management (MBA) from the Indian School of Business and holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Chemical Engineering. He also holds a Certificate in Quantitative Finance.

He is a visiting faculty at a renowned technology university in India where he teaches full credit courses on Fintech. He is also the co-author of the research paper ‘A New Approach to Goals Based Wealth Management,’ which was published in the Journal of Investment Management and won the Harry M. Markowitz Award in 2018.