Chris Ferris Head of Investor Relations

Previously, Chris held similar roles at Cohen Circle and Franklin Venture Partners where he was focused on capital raising and investor relation activities. At Franklin, Chris helped scale their growth equity platform to $1B in committed capital and develop their co-investment program. Prior to joining Franklin Templeton in 2018, Chris was a vice president at Bank of America Merrill Lynch working in their private equity due diligence group. In this role, Chris sourced and underwrote more than $1B of capital commitments into private equity investments for Merrill Lynch Wealth Management’s platform. Before that, Chris worked in the traditional due diligence group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, performing investment manager research across small cap equity, large cap equity, international equity and fixed income asset classes. During his career, Chris has also held various product roles at John Hancock and Fred Alger Management.

Chris holds a B.A. in Business Management from Gettysburg College, and an M.B.A. from the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University.