Catherine Livingstone

Biography

Catherine joined the Board on 1 July 2007 and is Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee and a member of the Nominations Committee. She is Chair of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and a director of Saluda Medical Pty Limited and is the President of the Australian Museum Trust and Chancellor of University of Technology Sydney. Catherine was the President of the Business Council of Australia from 2014 to 2016 and the Chair of Telstra Corporation Limited from May 2009 to April 2016 and of CSIRO from 2001 to 2006. She has also served on the boards of Macquarie Bank Limited, Macquarie Group Limited, Goodman Fielder Limited and Rural Press Limited. Catherine was the Managing Director of Cochlear Limited from 1994 to 2000, taking it through to an initial public offer in 1995. In 2003, Catherine was awarded the Centenary Medal for service to Australian Society in Business Leadership and in 2008 she was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for service to the development of Australian science, technology and innovation policies to the business sector. She has a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in Accounting, is a Chartered Accountant and was the Eisenhower Fellow for Australia in 1999. Catherine is a resident of Australia.  

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