Dina Ting is senior vice president and head of Global Index Portfolio Management at Franklin Templeton. Her team is responsible for managing Franklin Templeton's suite of index-based strategies, including ETFs. Prior to joining the firm in 2015, Dina spent nearly a decade at BlackRock, where she led the Institutional Emerging Markets team that managed over 70 global equity portfolios for clients worldwide. She also managed a multitude of iShares ETFs covering smart beta, global real estate, sector-based and emerging market strategies. In 2019, Dina was named one of Money Management Executive's Top Women in Asset Management and in 2018, she was recognized by the San Francisco Business Times as one of the Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business. Dina earned a master of science in management science and engineering from Stanford University and holds a bachelor of science degree in industrial engineering from Purdue University. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder.