Catherine Livingstone
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Catherine Brighid Livingstone is an Australia
n businesswoman, having held influential positions in some of the country’s major industry players including the CSIRO, Macquarie Bank and Telstra
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On 22 January 2008, it was announced that Catherine Livingstone would be a member of the panel conducting the review of Australia's national innovation system.
with a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting. In 1992 she attended the international Programme for Executive Development in Switzerland
and was awarded the title of the Eisenhower Exchange Foundation Fellow for Australia in 1999.
Her skills have earned her several awards including The Chartered Accountant in Business Award in 2003, a Centenary Medal in 2003 for service to Australian society in business leadership, and she became an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2008, for “service to the development of Australian science, technology and innovation policies, to the business sector through leadership and management roles and as a contributor to professional organisations.”
Cochlear is best known for its work with its “bionic ears”, and by the time she resigned from her position in 2000, they were being exported to more than 50 countries around the globe.
Livingstone is now an independent voting director of the Macquarie Bank and the Macquarie Group, a director of [www.futuredirections.org.au/ Future Directions International], a non-executive director of Telstra, a non-executive director of WorleyParsons and a member of the Business/Industry/Higher Education Collaboration Committee.
Previously, she was the CSIRO chair from 2001–2006, directory for the Sydney Institute from 1998 to 2005, director of the Rural Press Foundation, and chair and director of the [www.abfoundation.com.au/ Australian Business Foundation] from 2000 to 2005.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n businesswoman, having held influential positions in some of the country’s major industry players including the CSIRO, Macquarie Bank and Telstra
Telstra
Telstra Corporation Limited is an Australian telecommunications and media company, building and operating telecommunications networks and marketing voice, mobile, internet access and pay television products and services....
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On 22 January 2008, it was announced that Catherine Livingstone would be a member of the panel conducting the review of Australia's national innovation system.
Education, Awards & Affiliations
Livingstone graduated (with honours) from Macquarie UniversityMacquarie University
Macquarie University is an Australian public teaching and research university located in Sydney, with its main campus situated in Macquarie Park. Founded in 1964 by the New South Wales Government, it was the third university to be established in the metropolitan area of Sydney...
with a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting. In 1992 she attended the international Programme for Executive Development in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
and was awarded the title of the Eisenhower Exchange Foundation Fellow for Australia in 1999.
Her skills have earned her several awards including The Chartered Accountant in Business Award in 2003, a Centenary Medal in 2003 for service to Australian society in business leadership, and she became an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2008, for “service to the development of Australian science, technology and innovation policies, to the business sector through leadership and management roles and as a contributor to professional organisations.”
Professional
After finishing her degree in 1977, Livingstone joined the accountancy firm of Price Waterhouse, working in both Sydney and London. She then held several accounting and management roles at Nucleus Ltd, finally reaching the position of Chief Executive, Finance, before being made the CEO of one of its subsidiaries, Cochlear Pty Limited in 1994. A year later she floated the company for $125m on the Australian Stock Exchange.Cochlear is best known for its work with its “bionic ears”, and by the time she resigned from her position in 2000, they were being exported to more than 50 countries around the globe.
Livingstone is now an independent voting director of the Macquarie Bank and the Macquarie Group, a director of [www.futuredirections.org.au/ Future Directions International], a non-executive director of Telstra, a non-executive director of WorleyParsons and a member of the Business/Industry/Higher Education Collaboration Committee.
Previously, she was the CSIRO chair from 2001–2006, directory for the Sydney Institute from 1998 to 2005, director of the Rural Press Foundation, and chair and director of the [www.abfoundation.com.au/ Australian Business Foundation] from 2000 to 2005.
Miscellaneous
Livingstone has been a strong advocate of research and innovation saying:“The world is looking for solutions and technologies. It is an area in which Australia could take a lead with enormous economic rewards, if we are able to make it our knowledge and technologies that are sought out.
"It would produce an innovation yield the likes of which we have never seen before. But it needs to be articulated at the national leadership level, and there needs to be a greater alertness in government and boardrooms to the power of science."