Adam Townsend was named Executive Vice President, Investor Relations at CBS Corporation in July 2008, charged with overseeing the Company’s daily outreach to the investment community. Most recently, Townsend served as Managing Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Strategy for the E*Trade Financial Corporation, which included working with. its CEO on identifying global expansion opportunities, providing quarterly presentations to its board of directors on the company's competitive positioning, public/investor perception, stock valuation and analyst research coverage. He also oversaw E*Trade's communications strategies through more than $5 billion in transactions over four years. Before that, Townsend handled the company's financial communications, including news releases, quarterly earnings calls, shareholder presentations and investor marketing materials.. Previously, Townsend worked as an Equity Research Analyst for JP Morgan Securities' Financial Institutions Group, where he was responsible for primary research coverage of publicly traded companies in the online trading and investing technology sector, performed company valuation analysis, authored equity research reports and built financial models to forecast financial performance. Prior to JP Morgan he held various positions at Franklin Templeton Investments in the areas of equity research, marketing research and broker service operations.
