Alex Berkett

Alex Berkett is Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy, ViacomCBS. In this role, Berkett leads ViacomCBS’ efforts to identify, pursue and execute strategic growth opportunities, including acquisitions, partnerships, investments and joint ventures, across all of the company’s businesses and geographies. He reports to Bob Bakish, President and Chief Executive Officer, ViacomCBS.

Berkett joined Viacom in August 2015 and most recently served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategy, leading the company’s global activities related to corporate development, mergers and acquisitions and strategy. In this role, he worked closely with senior executives across the company to advise on and lead transaction negotiations. Berkett also launched and oversaw the Global Emerging Opportunities Group to coordinate Viacom’s company-wide activities related to new technologies, platforms and business models.

Before Viacom, Berkett served as Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of Townsquare Media (NYSE: TSQ), where he was responsible for corporate development, mergers and acquisitions, investor relations, legal affairs, business development, corporate communications and all capital raising activities, including the company’s 2014 IPO. Berkett co-founded Townsquare in 2010 with his partners from FiveWire Media, an investment firm he co-founded. In 2009, Berkett joined FiveWire from J.P. Morgan’s Technology, Media & Telecom Investment Banking Group, which he joined following J.P. Morgan’s acquisition of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. in 2008.

Berkett spent 11 years in the investment banking division of Bear Stearns, principally focused on media and technology mergers and acquisitions, ultimately rising to the level of Managing Director. During the course of his career, Berkett has been involved, as a principal or an advisor, in over 100 M&A and capital raising transactions totaling over $250 billion in aggregate value.

Berkett received a B.A. summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania and is a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy. He serves on the Board of Directors of FuboTV and Rainbow S.p.A. and the Advisory Board of Quibi, among others, as well as on the Fresh Air Fund’s Council.