Christopher Meeker, CFA

Christopher Meeker, CFA, is a portfolio manager and research analyst for Franklin Mutual Series. He is a portfolio manager on the Franklin Small Cap Value strategy and has research analyst responsibilities for the US small-cap industrials and materials sectors.

Mr. Meeker has been in the financial services industry since 2000 and has been a value-focused equity research analyst since 2005, covering multiple sectors, market capitalizations and geographies.

Prior to joining Franklin Templeton in September 2012, Mr. Meeker worked as a senior research analyst at Federated Global Investment Management with a focus on the international markets and coverage of the industrials, consumer and technology sectors. While at Federated, Mr. Meeker helped support the firm's flagship international value fund, Federated International Leaders. Mr. Meeker also has prior investment experience at Farr, Miller & Washington LLC, a boutique asset manager that employed a long-term and 'private market value' based investment process. Mr. Meeker was a principal, portfolio manager and research analyst at the firm and initiated and managed the firm's small/mid cap strategy for six years. Prior to his buy-side work, Mr. Meeker spent six years as an investment banker with Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin, Inc. and AMT Capital Advisors, LLC specializing in M&A transactions and corporate valuation mandates.

Mr. Meeker holds a B.A. in finance from Hobart College and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder.