Franklin Templeton has appointed Rene Buehlmann as Head of Asia Pacific and Elizabeth Hogbin as Head of Global Product in a wider leadership reshuffle.
Buehlmann will oversee the firm’s APAC business and divide his time between Hong Kong and Singapore.
He previously served as Global CEO of Aberdeen Investments and spent nearly three decades at UBS, including as Head of UBS Asset Management in APAC.
Hogbin will lead global product strategy, development, positioning and commercialisation across asset classes, investment vehicles and regions.
She joins from T. Rowe Price, where she led the global product organisation.
Buehlmann will take up the role on 21 September 2026 while Hogbin will start on 30 September.
Patrick O’Connor will also move from Head of Global ETFs to Vice Chairman of the Global Client Group.
O’Connor will advise Co-President and Chief Commercial Officer Daniel Gamba on investment solutions, innovation, strategy and global expansion.
His initial focus will include growing the firm’s ETF capabilities across Japan, Greater China, Korea, Taiwan and India.
He helped build Franklin Templeton’s ETF business to more than US$75 billion in assets.
The changes come as Franklin Templeton reshapes its Global Client Group around areas including ETFs, global product management, APAC and institutional distribution.
The firm said it has generated US$63.4 billion in net inflows in its fiscal year to date across wealth and institutional clients, asset classes and regions.
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