John Townsend

John Townsend is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ribbon Communications with responsibilities for all finance, information technology and investor activities. Previously, he served from 2022 to 2023 as the Group CFO of the Digicel Group, a leading telecommunications carrier in the Caribbean covering 26 markets with wireless and fixed technologies.  From 2013 to 2022 John was with global telecommunications company Verizon, where he held a number of CFO positions including at Verizon Wireline, Verizon Wireless, Verizon Consumer and latterly with Verizon Business where he was also responsible for Business Transformation and Carrier Relations. Prior to Verizon John spent almost 20 years with the Vodafone Group where his roles included CFO for its Swedish, Australian and Pacific and UK operations.  He spent six years as CFO for Verizon Wireless which was then a partnership between Vodafone and Verizon and was also Regional CFO for Vodafone’s 14 European businesses. Before joining Vodafone, John spent nine years with KPMG in the UK and Hong Kong.

John holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Business Finance from Manchester University in the UK and is a Chartered Accountant.