Erik Engstrom (48), Chief Executive Officer, Reed Elsevier
(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
Mark Armour (57), Chief Financial Officer
(British) Chief Financial Officer since 1996. Non-executive director of SABMiller plc. Prior to joining Reed Elsevier as Deputy Chief Financial Officer in 1995, was a partner in Price Waterhouse. Holds an MA in Engineering from Cambridge University and qualified as a Chartered Accountant.
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Mark Armour
Reed Elsevier
1-3 Strand
London WC2N 5JR
United Kingdom
Anthony Habgood (65), Chairman
(British) Appointed Chairman 2009. Chairman of Whitbread plc.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. He has also been 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
Mark Elliott (62), Non-executive director
(American) Appointed 2003. Chairman of the Remuneration Committee. Chairman of QinetiQ Group plc and non-executive director of G4S plc. Until his retirement in 2008, was general manager IBM Global Solutions, having held a number of positions with IBM, including Managing Director of IBM Europe, Middle East and Africa.
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Mark Elliott
Reed Elsevier
1-3 Strand
London WC2N 5JR
United Kingdom
Adrian Hennah (53), Non-executive director
(British) Appointed April 2011. Chief financial officer of Smith & Nephew plc. Before that was chief financial officer of Invensys plc, having previously held various senior finance and management positions within GlaxoSmithKline for 18 years.
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Reed Elsevier
1-3 The Strand
London WC2N 5JR
United Kingdom
Lisa Hook (53), Non-executive director
(American) Appointed 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 (51), Non-executive director
(Dutch) Appointed 2010. Member of the supervisory boards of KPN NV, USG People NV, TKH Group NV and Maersk BV. A member of the audit committee of the Algemene Rekenkamer and 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 (56), Non-executive director
(Dutch) Appointed 2007. Non-executive director of Wilderness Holdings Limited and of Philip Morris International. Non-executive chairman of Safilo Group S.p.A. President and chief executive officer of Gucci Group until 1 March 2011. 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
David Reid (64), Non-executive director
(British) Appointed 2003. Senior independent director. Non-executive chairman of Tesco PLC, having previously been executive deputy chairman until December 2003, and finance director from 1985 to 1997. Chairman of Kwik-Fit and previously a non-executive director of De Vere PLC, Legal and General Group plc and Westbury PLC.
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David Reid
Reed Elsevier
1-3 The Strand
London WC2N 5JR
United Kingdom
Ben van der Veer (60), Non-executive director
(Dutch) Appointed 2009. Chairman of the Audit Committee from August 2010. 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 and Reed Elsevier PLC and members of the Executive Board of Reed Elsevier NV.
** Mrs Van Lier Lels is a member of the Supervisory Board of Reed Elsevier NV. All of the other non-executive directors are directors of Reed Elsevier Group plc and Reed Elsevier PLC and members of the Supervisory Board of Reed Elsevier NV.