E*TRADE Financial Corporation announced that James P. Healy has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors and Risk Oversight Committee, effective immediately. Mr. Healy had a 25-year career in the Investment Banking arm of the Credit Suisse Group, where he served as Global Head of the Fixed Income Division from 2003 to 2007. Other leadership positions while at Credit Suisse included Global Head of Emerging Markets Group, and the Global Co-Head of Credit Suisse Financial Products, which housed the firm's derivative businesses.

Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Mr. Healy was as an economist at the International Monetary Fund, served as a consultant to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and was a visiting scholar at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve.