Charles Johnson
Truist Securities
Managing Director
Charles Johnson (“CJ”) is member of Truist Securities’ Telecom, Media and Entertainment Group, and leads the firm’s Investment Banking focus on the Entertainment sector. CJ has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry via prior affiliations with firms such as Bank of America and Credit Suisse. In addition to the entertainment industry, CJ has assisted clients focused on food manufacturing, food and beverage distribution and restaurants. He has completed several complicated financial transactions focused on public and private capital raising and merger & acquisition advisory services.
CJ is a recognized leader in the entertainment industry and has represented the United States of America as a Delegate for Department of State to meet with Federal, State, Local and business executives in Brazil as the country prepared for the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympic Games. He is a frequent panelist at conferences presented by Billboard, Music Business Association, MIDEM and other industry publications and trade organizations, as well as speaker at the Harvard Business School’s Media Conference.
CJ’s current Board affiliations include Smart City Expo Atlanta, the Southern Region of the Anti-Defamation League, the Atlanta Jazz Festival and the Invest in Southwest Atlanta Task Force. CJ has also served on the Board of Trustees for The Children’s School, where he was Chairman of the Finance Committee and Treasurer for 7 years, The Atlanta Metropolitan College Foundation, Georgians for Public Rail, the Piedmont Park Conservancy and The Southview Cemetery Preservation Foundation. Other current and former non-profit affiliations include The 100 Black Men of Atlanta, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and March