Mr. Paul R. Tomkins has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Reader's Digest Association, Inc. and its parent company RDA Holding Co. since joining on May 23, 2011. A seasoned financial expert, Mr. Tomkins joined RDA from AT&T, most recently serving as Vice President and Controller for AT&T Business Solutions. Since 1997, he had been responsible for managing the unit's financial and reporting processes, as well as internal controls and change management processes both for AT&T Corp. Mr. Tomkins was also a member of the AT&T Business Sarbanes/Oxley Steering Committee. He was the head of Accounting Policy and External Reporting at AT&T. He served as the International Chief Financial Officer and Controller for AT&T Global Business Communication Systems (currently Avaya), where he led the deployment of financial systems and processes to support growth outside the United States. Mr. Tomkins began his career in public accounting at Wiss and Company, where he was a senior accountant before leaving to become a Division Controller at Plant Industries, Inc. He is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the NJ Society of CPAs and is a member of the Seton Hall University Leadership Development Council. Mr. Tomkins holds an MBA from Seton Hall University, and is a Certified Public Accountant.