Equitable Holdings, Inc. announced the appointment of Erik Bass as Head of Investor Relations, effective immediately. Bass will report to Robin M. Raju, Chief Financial Officer for Equitable Holdings, and serve on the company?s Operating Committee. In this role, Bass will be responsible for communicating the company?s strategy and financial performance as well as maintaining and expanding relationships with the investor and analyst communities.

Bass joins the company after his seven-year tenure with AllianceBernstein?s sell-side research subsidiary, Autonomous Research, where he served as the lead U.S. life insurance analyst. Additionally, in 2022, Bass was named U.S. Director of Research for Autonomous, overseeing research coverage across all sectors. Bass has covered the U.S. life insurance sector since 2005 and was recognized by Institutional Investor as a top-rated analyst in the sector on multiple occasions.

He also served as President of the Association of Insurance and Financial Analysts (AIFA) from 2017 to 2018. Prior to joining Autonomous, Bass was the U.S. life insurance analyst for Citigroup. He began his career at J.P. Morgan, working in both private banking and equity research.

Bass has a B.A. in Business Economics from Brown University and is a CFA charterholder.