Bassel Khatoun

Mr. Bassel Khatoun is a Managing Director & Direcor of Portfolio Management Frontier & MENA at Franklin Templeton Investments (ME) Ltd.
He is responsible for the investment process, research and performance of the Frontier and MENA team.
He is also a Portfolio Manager and a member of the Emerging Markets Equity management committee which sets the overall strategy for the group, provides guidance and thought leadership, coordinates appropriate resources and coverage, and leverages the group's expertise to add value across its products.
He is a board member of Franklin Templeton Investments (ME).
Previously, Mr. Khatoun was employed as a Portfolio Manager by Algebra Capital Ltd and was involved in the establishment of the firm's flagship equity funds and was a member of the Equity Investment Committee.
Prior to this, he worked in the investment banking division of Citigroup in London, where he was involved in a range of mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance transactions across the European and emerging markets financial institutions sector.
He holds a B.A.
degree with 1st class honors in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) from Oxford University.