Ketul Sakhpara, CFA

Ketul Sakhpara joined Franklin Real Asset Advisors in 2013 as a senior research analyst focusing on listed infrastructure securities worldwide. He was named Portfolio Manager/Research Analyst in June 2014. Prior to joining Franklin Templeton, Mr. Sakhpara worked as a vice president (senior equity analyst) for Tudor Pickering's Energy Infrastructure Long-Short Equity Hedge Fund where he was the lead analyst covering listed Midstream Infrastructure Companies. Prior to this, he was director of research for EQC Funds, a Long-Short Equity Hedge Fund investing in Master Limited Partnerships (MLP's) and Utilities. In his pre-MBA position, Mr. Sakhpara worked as a senior research engineer, Wireless Terminals Laboratory at Samsung and holds multiple patents for innovations in mobile devices. He holds a bachelor of engineering from the University of Pune, a masters from Rochester Institute of Technology and an MBA from University of Texas.Mr. Sakhpara is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Charterholder.