Christian Correa is a portfolio manager and the director of research for Franklin Mutual Series. Mr. Correa is co-portfolio manager of Franklin Mutual Beacon Fund and of Franklin Mutual Global Discovery Fund. He also specializes in global merger arbitrage and event-driven situations.

Prior to joining Franklin Mutual Series in 2003, he covered merger arbitrage and special situations at Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. He has more than a decade of investment experience.

Mr. Correa earned a B.A. in philosophy, politics and economics from Claremont McKenna College, an M.A. in economics from Northwestern University and is a graduate of Harvard Law School. Mr. Correa is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder.