Arun heads the investment function for the Credit AIF at Franklin Templeton Alternative Investments India. Arun has a professional experience of over 20 years, with a focus on investment & portfolio management and credit underwriting. Before joining Franklin Templeton in 2018 as Head – Credit Research, Arun was associated with KKR (Principal – Global Risk Strategies) for over 5 years. He also worked at  CRISIL Ratings for over 10 years as an Associate Director – Ratings handling structured finance and corporate ratings.  Arun is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata.

Santosh Das Kamath is President & Chief Investment Officer (CIO) at Franklin Templeton Alternative Investments (India) Pvt. Ltd. Santosh has been with Franklin Templeton for over 19 years and prior to taking on this role, he was the Fixed Income CIO of India Asset Management business. Santosh has over three decades of investing experience. Santosh earned his M.B.A. from XLRI, Jamshedpur and his Bachelor of Engineering degree in electronics and telecom from REC, Bhopal.