Catherine Livingstone

Catherine Brighid Livingstone (born 17 September 1955) is an Australian businesswoman who has held positions in the Commonwealth Bank, CSIRO, Macquarie Group and Telstra.

Early life and education Catherine Brighid Livingstone was born in Nairobi, Kenya, on 17 September 1955. In 1960, her family migrated to Australia.

She graduated in 1977 with a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting with first class honours from Macquarie University in Sydney.

In 1992, she attended the International Program for Executive Development in Switzerland. In January 1995 she was appointed a director of Cochlear (UK) Limited, and in December 1999 of Cochlear Europe. She resigned from both positions in September 2000.

From 2007 to 2008, Livingstone was president of Chief Executive Women.

On 22 January 2008, it was announced that Livingstone would be a member of the panel conducting the review of Australia's national innovation system.

From 2013 until 2013 she was on the Prime Minister's Business Advisory Council,

Livingstone replaced David Turner as chair of the Commonwealth Bank in January 2017. In November 2018 she gave evidence at the Banking Royal Commission about her predecessor's poor performance and the lack of transparency in how the bank dealt with following up his refusal to repay 40% of his annual fees. She said that she knew that she had risked her professional reputation in joining the board, but had been determined to change its corporate culture. She retired after nearly six years in the position, in August 2022. but left sometime between then and December 2023.

The arts and education Livingstone was a director of the Royal Institution of Australia from 2009 to 2011, and president of the Australian Museum Trust between 2012 and 2017. a position she retains . 2010: Honorary Degree of Doctor of Business from Macquarie University 2015: Honorary Doctor of Science, University of Wollongong