Franklin Real Asset Advisors Bolsters Its Real Estate Team In EMEA With Two New Hires In Frankfurt

Franklin Real Asset Advisors Bolsters Its Real Estate Team In EMEA With Two New Hires In Frankfurt

• Two newly created positions will help to expand Franklin Real Asset Advisor’s business
   with its social infrastructure strategy

Frankfurt, July 29 2022 – Franklin Templeton¹ is bolstering its real assets arm Franklin Real Asset Advisors (FRAA) with two new hires. Alexander J. Krause joined the firm as Head of Institutional Real Estate Sales DACH and is responsible for sales in the German-speaking region. Sonja Lützkendorf was appointed as Investor Relations Support Manager for the FRAA team in EMEA. Both are based in Frankfurt, will focus primarily on FRAA’s social infrastructure impact investing strategy and report to Gaston Brandes, Managing Director, FRAA.

Alexander brings 20 years of sales experience to his role. Before joining FRAA, he worked as senior director institutional sales at PROJECT Investment, which specializes on project development in the residential sector. Before that he was a director of institutional sales at Commerz Real AG for the DACH region, focusing on real estate, infrastructure and renewables. After studying business administration at the Frankfurt School of Business, he obtained the Closed End Fund Advisor (CEFA) certification and the Certified Real Estate Investment Analyst (CREA) certification at the IREBS Real Estate Academy.

Sonja brings almost 20 years of experience in team assistance and sales support to her new role. Most recently, she worked in the sales department of Aviva Investors’ real estate division. Prior to that, she spent 11 years at UBS as a team assistant in the investment banking department. She started her career at Deutsche Bundesbank in Frankfurt.

Gaston Brandes commented: “Our social infrastructure impact investing strategy has developed rapidly over the last three years, which allows us to further expand our team. In this regard, I am delighted to welcome Alexander and Sonja whose collective strong experience and approach to partnering with our wider FRAA and Franklin Templeton distribution teams will further help develop Franklin Templeton’s real estate business in the EMEA region.”

Considered one of the premier managers in global private real estate investing, Franklin Real Asset Advisors, a dedicated real assets investment group within Franklin Templeton, has managed global and regional private real estate portfolios for investors since 1984, with its experience in social infrastructure gained over multiple market cycles dating back to 2005. Backed by the strength and stability of Franklin Templeton, FRAA offers extensive resources supporting private real estate investing and has deployed over $7.5 billion² of committed equity since 1997. The social infrastructure impact strategy focusses on investing in core, income-producing assets located in, or around, large communities in the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Examples of social infrastructure assets include healthcare and education facilities, social and affordable housing and buildings related to justice, emergency and civic services.

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For more information please visit: https://www.ftinstitutionalemea.com/.

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Saira Khan Corporate Communications Manager Franklin Templeton Investments Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street London EC4N 6HL Tel: 0207 073 8644 Email: [email protected]

Dorine Johnson Head of Corporate Communications Europe Franklin Templeton Investments Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street London EC4N 6HL Tel: 0207 073 8538 Email: [email protected]

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