Roger Bayston leads digital asset efforts at Franklin Templeton. His team is responsible for creating new generations of products and services focused on the rapidly expanding opportunities within digital assets and their supporting infrastructure. This includes services dedicated to mature cryptocurrency powered blockchain networks and newer incubator projects committed to companies in the distributed ledger space. Roger's team also builds infrastructure that bridges traditional financial market products and services into the digital asset ecosystem.
Roger has over 36 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is a member of the firm's Management Committee and currently serves on the Board for Fiduciary Trust Company, a wealth management subsidiary of Franklin Templeton.
Roger joined Franklin Templeton in 1991 as a research analyst and served as a portfolio manager and business leader for Franklin Templeton Fixed Income for many years.
Roger holds a bachelor of science from University of Virginia, and an MBA from University of California at Los Angeles. Prior to getting his MBA he was previously with Bankers Trust Company. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder.