Currently, Matthew D. Ellis is Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President of Verizon Communications, Inc.

In the past he was Treasurer & Senior Vice President at Tyson Foods, Inc. President & Director at Oaklawn Capital Corp. and Chief Financial Officer for Cobb-Vantress, Inc. (both are subsidiaries of Tyson Foods, Inc.), Vice President & Country Manager at Tyson de Mexico SA de CV, Principal at DSGi Plc and Principal at Coopers & Lybrand (London).

He received an undergraduate degree from the University of Birmingham.