Philip B. Livingston
Biography
From 1999 to 2003 Livingston was president and CEO of Financial Executives International (FEI), the preeminent association for senior financial executives acting as an advocate to regulators and legislators. In his role with FEI he had significant participation in formulation and passage of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 giving formal testimony to the House Financial Services Committee and directly authoring sections 406 and 407 regarding ethical codes of conduct for corporate financial officers and audit committee financial experts. He also attended the White House bill-signing ceremony.
From 2003 to 2005 he was Chief Financial Officer and Director of World Wrestling Entertainment (NYSE:WWE). Prior to joining FEI, Livingston served as CFO of Catalina Marketing Corporation (NYSE:POS), a $400 million supplier of electronic marketing services for the consumer packaged goods industry.
Before joining Catalina, Livingston was CFO of Celestial Seasonings, where he successfully managed the company’s initial public offering and debt refinancing in 1993. His early career included positions in financial management and auditing with Genentech, Inc. and Ernst & Young, where he earned his CPA. He received an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley and both a BS and a BA from the University of Maryland.
Prior to entering the business world, Livingston played offensive tackle as a member of the 1981 Super Bowl Champion Oakland Raiders. He is a past member of both advisory councils to the U.S. and International Financial Accounting Standards Boards (IASB and FASB) and a current member of the AICPA’s CPA Exam Board of Examiners.
Phil also serves on a number of boards including Cott Corporation (NYSE:COT), MSC.Software (NASDAQ:MNSC), and Broadsoft Corporation.