John K. Adams, Jr. has been an Independent Director of Navient Corporation since November 2014. Mr. Adams has been an Independent Director of The Charles Schwab Corporation since January 29, 2015. He is employed at UBS AG (ADR). He served as the Managing Director of UBS Investment Bank's Financial Institution Group from 2002 to 2013. As Head of UBS's North American banks practice and its financial technology group, he executed a number of notable mergers, acquisitions and capital markets transactions and managed key financial services client relationships. He worked at UBS Group AG. He served as the Managing Director in Credit Suisse First Boston's Financial Institution Group, where he was a senior member of the banks and financial technology coverage groups and served on the investment banking committee. He is on the board of Good Shepherd Services, a New York City-based nonprofit. Mr. Adams received his undergraduate degree from Boston College and his Master's in Business Administration from Harvard University.