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Catherine Livingstone AO

Catherine Livingstone AO

After qualifying as a chartered accountant and working with Price Waterhouse in Sydney and London, Catherine joined the Nucleus Group and spent 20 years working in the field of implantable medical devices, including 6 years as CEO of Cochlear Limited from 1994-2000.

Catherine is currently Chairman of Telstra Corporation Ltd and a Director of Macquarie Group Limited, and WorleyParsons Limited. She is also a member of the New South Wales Innovation Council and a director of Future Directions International and The Royal Institution of Australia.

Catherine continues to support The Australian Business Foundation, (an independent business-sponsored research think tank focussed on the concept of innovation led growth), having been Chairman from 2002-2005, and has also served on the Boards of Goodman Fielder Ltd and Rural Press Ltd as well as having been the Chairman of CSIRO from 2001-2006 and the President of Chief Executive Women from 2007-2008.

Catherine attended IMD International, Programme for Executive Development in Switzerland in 1992, was the Eisenhower Exchange Foundation Fellow for Australia in 1999, was awarded a Centenary Medal for Service to Australian Society in Business Leadership in 2003, received the 2006 Macquarie University Alumni Award for Distinguished Service (Professional category), and was a recipient of the Australian Institute of Company Directors' 2011 NSW Distinguished Fellows Award for excellence in leadership and the progression of Australian governance.