Franklin Templeton, one of the largest managers in alternative assets globally, has appointed George Stephan to the newly created position of global COO of wealth management alternatives.
Stephan oversees alternative investments product innovation and investor services and assists with business development, management and operations. He will partner with the firm’s distribution leaders around the world to help drive the overall distribution strategy in addition to advisor education for the alternative investments business in the private wealth channel.
Stephan previously spent five years at KKR as the head of strategy and business development for the firm’s global client solutions business. Before that, he was COO and head of investor relations for KKR’s global wealth solutions business in the Americas.
Before joining KKR, Stephan spent nine years at Morgan Stanley’s wealth management division.
“With more than 40 years of experience in alternati
