Franklin Square Capital Partners, a sponsor of alternative investment products, has hired John Towle as chief marketing officer.

Towle will assume his role effective immediately.

Towle comes to Franklin Square with 25 years of financial services industry experience. Most recently, he served as chief marketing officer for Resource Real Estate, a subsidiary of Resource America, and before that the chief marketing officer at Cole Real Estate Investments.

Towle also worked as director of marketing for ING Mutual Funds and held a number of marketing and sales positions at Fidelity Investments.

“We are pleased to welcome John to the Franklin Square team,” says Michael Forman, chief executive officer of Franklin Square Capital Partners. “John’s marketing experience in both broader financial services and alternative investments will be important as we work to educate financial advisers and their clients on the benefits of private debt investments and Franklin Square’s products.”