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Nancy McKinstry  

CEO and Chairman, Executive Board Wolters Kluwer

Ms. Nancy McKinstry has been the Chairman of Executive Board and Chief Executive Officer at Wolters Kluwer NV since September 1, 2003 and has been its Member of Executive Board since June 1, 2001. Ms. McKinstry is responsible for Corporate Strategy, Division Performance, Business Development, Communications, Human Resources/Sustainability, and Investor Relations at Wolters Kluwer NV. She served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Wolters Kluwer Corporate Legal Services. She served as Head of Legal Tax & Business North America & Technology of Wolters Kluwer NV. She served as Interim Chief Executive Officer of Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory. From 2000 to 2003, she served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Legal, Tax and Business in North America of Wolters Kluwer N.v. She served as Chief Executive Officer of SCP Communications from 1999 to 2000. She served as the Chief Executive Officer and President at CCH Legal Information Services from 1996 to 1999. She served as Vice President of Product Management and Senior Officer of Product Management of CCH, Inc. and an Assistant Vice President of the Electronic Products Division at CCH. She held management positions at Booz & Company (formerly Booz Allen Hamilton), where she focused on assignments in the media and publishing industries. She has been a Director of Sanoma Oyj since April 5, 2011. She has been a a Member of the Board of Directors at Abbott Laboratories since December, 2011. She serves as Member of the Board of Directors of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands and Tias Business School. She serves as Member of Advisory Council of RBS Holdings N.V. Ms. McKinstry is also a member of the Advisory Council of the Amsterdam Institute of Finance, the Advisory Board for the University of Rhode Island, the Advisory Board of the Harrington School of Communication and Media, and the Board of Overseers of Columbia Business School. Ms. McKinstry served as an Independent Director of Ericsson since 2004. In August, she has been appointed by the Chinese State Council Information Office as a member of the Foreign Consultant Committee, given her astute business leadership and long-standing expertise in the information and publishing industry. She has been included in leading lists of business media as one of the most powerful women in business. Most recently, she was among Fortune's Global 50 Powerful Women in Business and Financial Times’ Top 50 Women in World Business, as well as for many consecutive years on Forbes’ 100 Most Powerful Women. Ms. McKinstry also served on the board of directors of MortgageIT Holdings, Inc. from 2004 to 2007. Ms. McKinstry earned her MBA in Finance and Marketing from Columbia University, New York, where she graduated Beta Gamma Sigma and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Rhode Island, Kingston, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa. Since August 2011, she is a honorary member of China Book International. In May 2005, she was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by the University of Rhode Island in recognition of her contributions to business.

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