Amritha Kasturirangan, CFA

Amritha Kasturirangan, CFA, is co-lead portfolio manager of the Franklin Rising Dividends strategy and its associated accounts.

Ms. Kasturirangan joined the Firm as a research analyst in 2012 and became a portfolio manager in 2019. Previously, she worked as a research analyst at Franklin Templeton in India for two years. Prior to joining Franklin Templeton, Ms. Kasturirangan worked in equity research at Goldman Sachs, covering the biotechnology sector. She also worked in investment banking at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and in strategy consulting at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Ms. Kasturirangan holds a B.S. in natural sciences from the University of Cambridge, U.K. and an M.B.A from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter holder.