Biographies

Erik Engstrom (49), Chief Executive Officer, Reed Elsevier

Erik Engstrom

(Swedish) Chief Executive Officer since 2009. Joined Reed Elsevier as Chief Executive Officer of Elsevier in 2004. Prior to joining Reed Elsevier was a partner at General Atlantic Partners. Before that was president and chief operating officer of Random House Inc and, before its merger with Random House, president and chief executive officer of Bantam Doubleday Dell, North America. Began his career as a consultant with McKinsey. Served as a non-executive director of Eniro AB and Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA. Holds a BSc from Stockholm School of Economics, an MSc from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and gained an MBA from Harvard Business School as a Fulbright Scholar.


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Erik Engstrom
Reed Elsevier
1-3 Strand
London WC2N 5JR
United Kingdom

Duncan Palmer (47), Chief Financial Officer

Duncan Palmer

(British/American) Chief Financial Officer since November 2012. Joined Reed Elsevier as Chief Financial Officer – Designate in August 2012. Non-executive director of Oshkosh Corporation since July 2011. Prior to joining Reed Elsevier was Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Owens Corning Inc. from 2007 having previously held various senior finance positions within Royal Dutch Shell for 20 years in the UK, the Netherlands and the US. He holds an MA in Mathematics from Cambridge University and an MBA from Stanford University. He is a UK-qualified Chartered Management Accountant.


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Duncan Palmer
Reed Elsevier
1-3 Strand
London WC2N 5JR
United Kingdom

Anthony Habgood (66), Chairman

Anthony Habgood

(British) Chairman since 2009. Chairman of the Nominations and Corporate Governance Committees. Chairman of Whitbread plc and of Preqin Holding Limited. Was chairman of Bunzl plc and of Mölnlycke Healthcare Limited and served as chief executive of Bunzl plc, chief executive of Tootal Group plc and a director of The Boston Consulting Group lnc. Previously served as a non-executive director of Geest plc; Marks and Spencer plc; National Westminster Bank plc; Powergen plc; and SVG Capital plc. Holds an MA in Economics from Cambridge University and an MS in Industrial Administration from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a visiting Fellow at Oxford University.


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Anthony Habgood
Reed Elsevier
1-3 The Strand
London WC2N 5JR
United Kingdom

Dr Wolfhart Hauser (63), Non-executive director

Dr Wolfhart Hauser

(German) Non-executive director since 2013. Chairman of the Remuneration Committee. Dr Hauser is Chief Executive Officer of Intertek Group plc, a FTSE 100 company and a global provider of quality solutions to a wide range of industries around the world. He has held that position since 2005 after serving as a non-executive director since 2002. He was Chairman of Dragenopharm GmbH & Co AG from 2002 to 2006. Prior to that, he was Chief Executive Officer and President of TÜV Süddeutschland AG, the largest testing and inspection company in Germany, from 1998 to 2002 and before that was Chief Executive Officer of TÜV Product Services GmbH, an international testing and certification company, for 10 years. Dr Hauser was also a non-executive director of Logica plc from 2007 to 2012. He started his career as a scientist in pharmacology and ergonomics, was a successful inventor, has over 50 publications to his name and has established and led a broad range of successful international service businesses for more than 30 years.


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Dr Wolfhart Hauser
Reed Elsevier
1-3 Strand
London WC2N 5JR
United Kingdom

 

Adrian Hennah (55), Non-executive director

Adrian Hennah

(British) Non-executive director since 2011. Chief financial officer (Designate) of Reckitt Benckiser Group plc having been chief financial officer of Smith & Nephew plc from 2006 to December 2012. Before that, he was chief financial officer of Invensys plc, and previously held various senior finance and management positions within GlaxoSmithKline for 18 years.


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Adrian Hennah
Reed Elsevier
1-3 The Strand
London WC2N 5JR
United Kingdom

Lisa Hook (55), Senior Independent Director

Lisa Hook

(American) Non-executive director since 2006. President and chief executive officer of Neustar Inc. A director of The Ocean Foundation. Was president and chief executive officer at Sun Rocket Inc. Before that was president of AOL Broadband, Premium and Developer Services. Prior to joining AOL, was a founding partner at Brera Capital Partners LLC. Previously was chief operating officer of Time Warner Telecommunications. Has served as senior advisor to the Federal Communications Commission Chairman and a senior counsel to Viacom Cable.


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Lisa Hook
Reed Elsevier
1-3 Strand
London WC2N 5JR
United Kingdom

Marike van Lier Lels (53), Non-executive director

Marike van Lier Lels

(Dutch) Appointed 2010. Member of the supervisory boards of KPN NV, USG People NV, TKH Group NV and Maersk BV. A member of various Dutch governmental advisory boards. Was executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Schiphol Group. Prior to joining Schiphol Group, was a member of the executive board of Deutsche Post Euro Express and held various senior positions with Nedlloyd.


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Marike van Lier Lels
Reed Elsevier
Radarweg 29
Amsterdam 1043 NX
The Netherlands

Robert Polet (57), Non-executive director

Robert Polet

(Dutch) Non-executive director since 2007. Chairman of Safilo Group S.p.A. and a non-executive director of Philip Morris International Inc, William Grant & Sons Limited and Scotch and Soda NV. Was president and chief executive officer of Gucci Group from 2004 to 2011, having spent 26 years at Unilever working in a variety of marketing and senior executive positions throughout the world including president of Unilever’s Worldwide Ice Cream and Frozen Foods division.


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Robert Polet
Reed Elsevier
1-3 The Strand
London WC2N 5JR
United Kingdom

Linda Sanford (60), Non-executive director

Linda Sanford

(American) Non-executive director since December 2012. Senior Vice President, Enterprise Transformation, IBM Corporation having previously held various senior leadership positions since joining IBM in 1975. Non-executive director of ITT Industries since 1998. Serves on the board of directors of The Business Council of New York State and the Partnership for New York City. Also serves on the board of trustees of The State University of New York, St John’s University, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Holds an M.S. in Operations Research from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an honorary doctorate in commercial science from St John’s University.


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Linda Sanford
Reed Elsevier
1-3 Strand
London WC2N 5JR
United Kingdom

Ben van der Veer (62), Non-executive director

Ben van der Veer

(Dutch) Non-executive director since 2009. Chairman of the Audit Committee. Member of the supervisory boards of AEGON NV, TomTom NV, Siemens Nederland NV and Koninklijke FrieslandCampina NV. Was chairman of the executive board of KPMG in the Netherlands and a member of the management committee of the KPMG International board until his retirement in 2008, having joined KPMG in 1976.


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Ben van der Veer
Reed Elsevier
Radarweg 29
1043 NX Amsterdam
The Netherlands

* All of the executive directors are directors of Reed Elsevier Group plc, Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV.

** Mrs Van Lier Lels is a non-executive director of Reed Elsevier NV. All of the other non-executive directors are directors of Reed Elsevier Group plc, Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV.

Board Committee Membership

 
Audit Commitee Audit Committees
Nominations Comittee Nominations Committee
Audit Commitee Corporate Governance Committee
Nominations Comittee Remuneration Committee