LEADERSHIP
Christian M. Lown
Chief Financial Officer
Christian M. Lown, Chief Financial Officer, maintains overall responsibility for the finance function, including investor relations, business development and facilities. Prior to joining CoStar Group, Lown served as executive vice president and chief financial officer at Freddie Mac.
Lown has more than 25 years of banking and finance experience. He was previously EVP and CFO at Navient Corporation. Prior to joining Navient in 2017, he was managing director, Financial Institutions Group at Morgan Stanley, where he co-led the Global FinTech and North America Banks and Diversified Finance investment banking practices. Lown joined Morgan Stanley in 2006 from UBS Investment Bank, where he served as director, Financial Institutions Group and director, Asian Equity/Derivative Sales.
Before joining UBS in 2003, Lown held various positions at Credit Suisse First Boston, Peregrine Investment Bank, and Credit Lyonnaise Global Emerging Markets.
Lown holds an MBA from The University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Lynchburg College.
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