Philip Livingston:
CLASS OF 1975
Gaithersburg High SchoolClass of 1975
Gaithersburg, MD
University of Maryland - BusinessClass of 1979
College park, MD
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Philip B. Livingston
Chief Financial Officer and Director
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.
Phil joined WWE in 2003 as Chief Financial Officer and a member of the board of directors. WWE is an integrated media and entertainment company, producing the top-rated cable television shows Raw and SmackDown! WWE is listed on the NYSE, employs 400 people and has revenue of $375M.
Phil also serves on a number of boards. He is a director and audit committee chair of Cott Corporation (NYSE:COT). Cott is the leading manufacturer of private label carbonated soft drinks. He is also a director and audit committee chair of Insurance Auto Auction Inc. (NASD:IAAI).
Prior to joining WWE, Livingston was president and CEO of Financial Executives International (FEI) from 1999 to 2003. FEI is 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.
He has appeared on Moneyline with Lou Dobbs, CNBCÂs Wake Up Call and Power Lu...Expand for more
nch as well as Nightly Business Report from PBS. Livingston is widely published including ÂTest your Financial Literacy  Directors & Boards; ÂFinancial Management after Enron  Bank Accounting & Finance; The Value of Stock Options  Op Ed page Financial Times.
Prior to joining FEI, Livingston served as Senior Vice President and 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 companyÂs 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 B.S. and a B.A. 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). He is a member of The Economic Club of New York. Phil and his wife Karen have three children, Sarah (13), Scott (9) and Cindy (6). Karen and Phil enjoy golf and Phil is an avid photographer.
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