Mohieddine (Dino) Kronfol

Chief Investment Officer, Global Sukuk and MENA Fixed Income
Franklin Templeton Investments

Biography

Mohieddine (Dino) Kronfol is the Chief Investment Officer for Franklin Templeton Fixed Income in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Dino is responsible for managing the investment process, research, and performance of the Global Sukuk and MENA Fixed Income teams, and leads portfolio management for FTSF Global Sukuk and FTIF Gulf Wealth Bond strategies.

Dino is a pioneer in Arab capital markets where he has committed the past 25 years to the development of MENA debt markets and Shariah compliant finance across the globe. He has one of the longest track records managing global Sukuk assets, since 2008, and under his leadership, Franklin Templeton has established itself as a leader in global Sukuk investing. Dino frequently shares his views as a commentator on regional and international media and is a regular speaker at industry events.

Preceding his tenure at Franklin Templeton, Dino was part of a small team that, in 2000, helped build from scratch and run what became SHUAA Capital's financial services business. He was initially head of Capital Markets and later became head of Debt Asset Management and, in 2002, fund manager of the first fund to focus exclusively on MENA debt. Prior to that, he was an early employee at one of the first pan-Arab investment banks, Middle East Capital Group (MECG).

Dino holds a bachelor of arts in business administration and an MBA from the American University of Beirut. He won the first Failaka Islamic Award for "The Best Sukuk Fund" in 2010, the first Employee Provident Fund of Malaysia (EPF) Award for "Best Global Sukuk Portfolio Manager" in 2014 and 2019, and the MENA Fund Manager Award for "Outstanding Achievement by an Individual" in 2016. Franklin GCC Bond fund won the Mountain View Fund Award 2019 in the Bond Funds Global category. His team was awarded the Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Middle East Awards for MENA Fixed Income Strategy, 1 Year (2022) and 3 Years (2021, 2022, 2023) and Global Sukuk Strategy, 1 Year (2021) and 3 Years (2022, 2023).

Speaker at these events:

Capital Markets & ESG Finance 2024

• Finding value in fixed income markets: How do investors plan to make returns buying and trading Saudi Arabia credit?

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Middle East 2022

• Raising debt in a rising rate environment: Issuer vs. investor perspective

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Middle East 2020 - Virtual Conference

• Governance, credit events and the broader impact on GCC market sentiment

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk 24 2020

• Market technicals vs. economic fundamentals: Are COVID-19 and oil price pressure properly reflected in GCC bond/sukuk spreads?