Franklin Templeton appoints Lee Hollingworth as Head of UK Retirement

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Franklin Templeton appoints Lee Hollingworth as Head of UK Retirement

London, 1 December 2021 – Franklin Templeton¹ is pleased to announce the appointment of Lee Hollingworth as Head of UK Retirement, effective December 1, 2021. Reporting to Martyn Gilbey, UK Country Head, Hollingworth will be responsible for developing and leading Franklin Templeton’s retirement business in the UK market.

Commenting on Hollingworth’s appointment, Martyn Gilbey said: “The retirement market is a core growth area for Franklin Templeton. Lee’s appointment to spearhead our retirement business will play a key part in our strategic growth plans for the UK market.”

In this newly created role, Hollingworth will focus on creating and implementing a new customised proposition for the UK retirement market utilising the breadth and expertise across Franklin Templeton and its specialist investment managers. His key focuses will include proposition design, business development and relationship management.

Lee Hollingworth added: “I am delighted to be joining Franklin Templeton and look forward to working with Martyn and team to deliver on the business’ ambitions for the UK. Asset managers have a key role to play during the next phase of the evolution of retirement saving in the UK. The market has now reached the scale that enables access to a broader set of investments, such as private assets to improve member outcomes, and of course the increasing demand that these investments are managed responsibly.”

With over 20 years’ industry experience, Hollingworth joins from Hymans Robertson where he was Partner in the Business to Business consulting team, and most notably established and led their DC consulting busi-ness. Prior to this, Hollingworth was Senior Manager, Pensions Practice at KPMG. He has also previously held roles at Punter Southall and Standard Life.

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For more information please visit: www.franklintempleton.co.uk.

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Notes to Editors:

1. Franklin Resources, Inc. [NYSE:BEN] is a global investment management organization with subsidiaries operating as Franklin Templeton and serving clients in over 165 countries. Franklin Templeton’s mission is to help clients achieve better outcomes through investment management expertise, wealth management and technology solu-tions. Through its specialist investment managers, the company brings extensive capabilities in equity, fixed in-come, multi-asset solutions and alternatives. With offices in more than 30 countries and approximately 1,300 in-vestment professionals, the California-based company has over 70 years of investment experience and over $1.5 trillion in assets under management as of October 31, 2021. For more information, please visit franklinre-sources.com.

This press release is intended to be of general interest only and does not constitute professional advice. Franklin Templeton and its management groups have exercised professional care and diligence in the collection and pro-cessing of the information in this press release. Franklin Templeton makes no representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy of this document. Franklin Templeton shall not be liable to any user of this report or to any other person or entity for the inaccuracy of information contained in this press release or for any errors or omissions in its contents, regardless of the cause of such inaccuracy, error or omission.

Any research and analysis contained in this document has been procured by Franklin Templeton for its own purpos-es. For more information, UK investors should contact: Franklin Templeton, Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, Lon-don EC4N 6HL. United Kingdom. Phone: 0800 305 306, Email [email protected].

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