Kasper Hanus, Franklin Templeton

Dr Kasper Hanus joined Franklin Templeton in April of 2021 as Senior sustainability Manager for Franklin Templeton Fixed Income. Based in Cieszyn, Poland, he is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining ESG strategies for global and European funds, including those participating in Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) Article 8 and 9 categories. Prior to his employment at Franklin Templeton, Dr. Hanus was a research fellow at the Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He has over a decade of experience in sustainability and resilience studies, and collaborated with leading American, British, and Australian universities including: Harvard, the University of Durham, and the University of Sydney. Dr. Hanus holds a doctoral degree awarded by Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, based on his dissertation exploring links between water management and political power in ancient Inner Asia, and a Master and Bachelor of Arts from Jagiellonian University in Kraków.