Frank Gatti, MBA, CPA, NACD Leadership Fellow

Professional Positions

• CFO/Office of the President at ETS a global B2B/B2C assessment and professional license/certification company
• Corporate Vice President/Financial Management, Corporate Vice President/Chief
  Accounting Officer, Corporate Controller and Chair of the ERISA Management Committee at The New York Times Company (“NYT”), a national media conglomerate with fifty operating
  units across the country, including newspapers, magazines, broadcasting and cable TV

Frank has been directly involved with over $10 billion of M&A, Equity and Debt Transactions, Turnaround, Transformational Strategies, Credit Ratings, Investor and Bank Relations, and Benefits Administration.

He had a 13-year career at ETS leading a two-year turnaround that reversed a decade of operating and cash flow deficits. During his tenure revenues quadrupled to $1.3 billion with 35% from outside the U.S. and 6.500 employees worldwide. Through his leadership of numerous transformational transactions, functions and initiatives, the creation of financial functions/tools, and the building of high-performance teams, over $500 million of net free cash flow was internally generated and reinvested in quality, innovation, R&D, technology and diversification.

Prior to ETS, Frank spent about 20 years at NYT, where he was directly involved in over fifty M&A transactions that propelled the company to a media conglomerate. Revenues during his tenure grew from $400 million to $2.4 billion, 50% from acquired businesses, and 13,000 employees across the U.S. Due to this explosive growth, he implemented a range of scalable and integrated technologies to facilitate timely decisions by Management and the Board of Directors and created a shared services center.

Mr. Gatti began his career with  Deloitte (New York) and provided an array of services to public, private, and tax-exempt companies across various industry segments.

Education

• Fellow – National Association of Corporate Directors
  

• Executive Education Programs – Harvard Business School

• M.B.A. in Finance & Marketing- Executive M.B.A. Program – Rutgers Business School

• CPA – New York

Professional and Community Affiliations

• Financial Executives International (FEI) – Governance, Risk and Compliance National Committee (current)

• FEI/NYC Chapter – Board of Directors, Officer and various Committees (past)

• NACD/NJ – Board of Directors and Audit, Programs and Sponsorships Committees (2017-2023)

• The Conference Board – Finance Committee (2011-2019)

• PE Holdings, Inc. – Board of Directors and Audit Committee (chair) (2012 to 2014 restructure)

• Blackboard, Inc. Board of Directors and Audit (chair), Nominating/Governance and Special Committees (2004 IPO to 2011 $1.8B Sale)

• Prometric, Inc. – Board of Directors and Audit Committee (chair) (2007-2011)

• Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce – Board of Directors (2005 to 2011)

• National Investor Relations Institute/NY – Board of Directors (1994-1997)

• Pace University/M.S. Publishing Program – Advisory Board (current)

• Hunter College – President’s Advisory Board (past)

• Rutger’s Business School – Dean’s Advisory Board (past)