Arthur M. Ayres, Jr. CPA is currently the Chief Financial Officer of the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau (PHLCVB). He joined the PHLCVB in May 2017 as the Vice President of Finance where his primary responsibility was long-term financial planning and analysis aimed at identifying risks, opportunities and options for the PHLCVB.
He is charged with overseeing treasury, accounting practices and internal control systems, maintaining relationships with financial institutions and stakeholders and liaising with outside legal counsel relative to financial matters and corporate, freelance and consulting contracts. He is also responsible for overseeing the IT infrastructure and systems as well as office administration and Human Resources.
He possesses over 30 years of experience within the finance industry, including eleven years at KPMG, LLP. As a Senior Manager, he maintained primary responsibility for supervising, reviewing and managing engagement profitability for financial statement audits and audits of federal grants for publicly and privately held entities. His professional portfolio included managing audits of not-for-profit and governmental entities with endowment and investment holdings in excess of $1 billion. Prior to working at KPMG, Arthur was a Senior Auditor with Eisner, LLP in New York which followed an 8-year tenure at the American Foundation for the Blind.
In addition, Arthur is a member of several professional organizations including the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA), National Association of Black Accountants (Philadelphia Chapter), Chairman, Resource Development Committee (2015-17), Philadelphia office lead for KPMG’s African American Network. He also serves on the boards of the Philadelphia Soccer 2026 (Treasurer), School of Tourism and Hospitality Management at Temple University, the Auxiliary Fund at Medgar Evers College (Audit Committee Chair), the African American Museum in Philadelphia (Treasurer), Peter Spencer Family Life Foundation (Treasurer), the Charles T. Davidson Scholarship Fund (President), the Friends of Mount Olive Burial Grounds (Treasurer) and as Finance Chair for the Mother African Union Church (Wilmington DE).
Arthur is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), who graduated Magna Cum Laude and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and Entrepreneurial Management, from the City University of New York Graduate Center (CUNY), in New York, New York. He matriculated at Medgar Evers College (CUNY) – Class of 1993. He later received his Master of Arts degree in Economics from Brooklyn College (CUNY) in Brooklyn, New York.