Role at Franklin Advisers
- Title on Schedule A
- President and Director
- Control
- Edward Perks is a control person of Franklin Advisers.
- Ownership
- An individual ownership band is not available in the source record.
- Tenure
- Edward Perks has held the filed role since December 2018.
The firm
Form ADV filed 16 September 2026
Career on record
The IAPD individual lookup on 17 October 2026 returned no individual record. This profile uses the firm’s Form ADV officer listing.
Registrations and exams
Individual registration and examination information for Edward Perks is unavailable. An officer title or CRD number does not by itself establish current investment adviser representative registration, and no registration or examination counts are inferred.
Officer record
- Full name
- Edward Perks
- CRD
- 2320408
- Record basis
- Form ADV officer listing
- Firm bio
- franklintempleton.com
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Background
Franklin Templeton’s profile identifies Edward Perks as President of Franklin Advisers and Chief Investment Officer of Franklin Income Investors. It says he joined the firm in 1992 and holds a BA in economics and political science from Yale. Official firm biography or team page
Common questions
Where does Edward Perks work?
Edward Perks has been President and Director of Franklin Advisers, Inc. since December 2018, and is a control person of the firm.
Leadership at Franklin Advisers
- Roger BaystonExecutive Vice President
- Jonathan CurtisExecutive Vice President
- Sonal DesaiExecutive Vice President and Director
- Stephen DoverExecutive Vice President and Director
- Michael HasenstabExecutive Vice President
- Michael McCarthyExecutive Vice President and Portfolio Manager
- Thomas MeyersExecutive Vice President
- Adam PetrykExecutive Vice President
- Lindsey OshitaChief Financial Officer
- Bjorn DavisChief Compliance Officer
- Leeor AvigdorTreasurer
- Christian CorreaChief Investment Officer
- Rupert JohnsonDirector
- Thomas MerchantChief Legal Officer