Frances Fragos Townsend currently runs her own independent consulting business providing strategic advice to Boards and CEOs. Prior to that, she served as the Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary at Activision Blizzard. From 2010 through 2020, Ms. Townsend worked at MacAndrews & Forbes Inc., a private investment firm, and concluded her tenure there as Vice Chairman, General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer.