Mr. Adams is the founder of Advocate, MD Financial Group, Inc., a leading Texas-based medical liability insurance holding company, and currently serves as its Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Adams also serves as Chairman of the Board of Advocate, MD Insurance of the Southwest, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. He is also a founding partner in several other companies including the Endowment Development Group, a Houston-based life insurance company specializing in placing large multimillion dollar life insurance policies throughout the US market, Cattlemen's Restaurant Group, which owns and operates Bob's Steak and Chop House Restaurants in Texas, and Viva Chocolato!, which owns and operates specialty chocolate retail stores in Texas.
Establishing himself as a top sales producer early in his career with global public companies such as Xerox and Johnson & Johnson, Mr. Adams then spent the next 12 years at Bostik Adhesives where he served in senior management, sales and strategic business roles for their worldwide markets in North America, Latin America, Asia, and Europe. Mr. Adams then served as Global Sales Director for Bostik and General Manager of Nitta-Findley Company based in Osaka, Japan and later joined Ward Adhesives, Inc. as a minority owner, General Manager, and Vice President of Sales and Marketing where he led the company to unprecedented growth in sales and net income.
Mr. Adams holds a B.B.A. Degree in Marketing from Texas State University and currently serves on the Board of Directors of five organizations including privately held and non-profit organizations. |