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Erik Engstrom (46), Chief Executive Officer, Reed Elsevier

Erik Engstrom
Appointed Chief Executive Officer of Reed Elsevier Group plc, Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV in November 2009. Previously Chief Executive Officer of Elsevier from 2004. Director of Reed Elsevier Group plc and Reed Elsevier PLC since 2004. Member of the Executive Board of Reed Elsevier NV since 2005.

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

Mark Armour (55), Chief Financial Officer

Mark Armour
Chief Financial Officer of Reed Elsevier Group plc and Reed Elsevier PLC since 1996, and of Reed Elsevier NV since 1999. Mark trained as a Chartered Accountant after leaving Cambridge with an MA in Engineering. Before joining Reed Elsevier he was a London-based partner of the global accountancy firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers. He joined Reed Elsevier in February 1995 as Deputy Chief Financial Officer, and was appointed Chief Financial Officer in July 1996.

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Mark Armour
Reed Elsevier
1-3 Strand
London WC2N 5JR
United Kingdom

Andrew Prozes (64), Chief Executive Officer, LexisNexis

Director of Reed Elsevier Group plc and Reed Elsevier PLC since 2000 and of Reed Elsevier NV since 2001.

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Andrew Prozes
Reed Elsevier Inc.
125 Park Avenue
23rd Floor
New York NY 10017
United States

Anthony Habgood (63), Non-executive chairman

Non-executive chairman of Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier Group plc since June 2009. Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Reed Elsevier NV since June 2009.

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

Corporate governance committee Nominations comitttee Remuneration comitttee

Dien de Boer-Kruyt (65), Non-executive director

Member of the Supervisory Board of Reed Elsevier NV since 2000.

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Dien de Boer-Kruyt
Reed Elsevier
Radarweg 29
Amsterdam 1043 NX
The Netherlands
Corporate governance committee

Mark Elliott (60), Non-executive director

Non-executive director of Reed Elsevier Group plc and Reed Elsevier PLC and a member of the Supervisory Board of Reed Elsevier NV since 2003. Chairman of the Remuneration Committee from July 2007.

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Mark Elliott
Reed Elsevier
1-3 Strand
London WC2N 5JR
United Kingdom
Corporate Governance committee Nominations comitttee

Lisa Hook (52), Non-executive director

Non-executive director, Reed Elsevier PLC, Reed Elsevier NV and Reed Elsevier Group plc since 2006.

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Lisa Hook
Reed Elsevier
1-3 Strand
London WC2N 5JR
United Kingdom
Audit committee Corporate governance committee

Marike van Lier Lels (50), Non-executive director

Member of the Supervisory Board of Reed Elsevier NV since 2010.

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

Robert Polet (54), Non-executive director

Non-executive director of Reed Elsevier Group plc and Reed Elsevier PLC and a member of the Supervisory Board of Reed Elsevier NV since April 2007.

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Robert Polet
Gucci Group
4 Grafton Street
London W1S 4EF
United Kingdom
Corporate Governance committee Remuneration committee

David Reid (63), Non-executive director

Non-executive director of Reed Elsevier Group plc and Reed Elsevier PLC since 2003 and a member of the Supervisory Board of Reed Elsevier NV since 2003. Senior independent non-executive director since July 2007.

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David Reid
Tesco PLC
Tesco House
Delamare Road
Cheshunt, Herts EN8 9SL
United Kingdom
Audit committee Corporate Governance committee Nominations comitttee Remuneration committee

Lord Sharman of Redlynch (67), Non-executive director

Non-executive director of Reed Elsevier Group plc and Reed Elsevier PLC since 2002, and a member of the Supervisory Board of Reed Elsevier NV since 2002. Chairman of the Audit Committee.

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Lord Sharman
Aviva plc
St Helen's
1 Undershaft
London EC3P 3DQ
United Kingdom
Corporate Governance committee Nominations comitttee

Ben van der Veer (58), Non-executive director

Non-executive director of Reed Elsevier Group plc and Reed Elsevier PLC and a member of the Supervisory Board of Reed Elsevier NV since September 2009.

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Ben van der Veer
Reed Elsevier
Radarweg 29
1043 NX Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Audit committee Corporate Governance committee

Senior Management Committee

Julian Ashworth, Chief Strategy Officer Reed Elsevier

Julian Ashworth
Chief Strategy Officer Reed Elsevier. Julian joined Reed Elsevier in September 2006.

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

Youngsuk (YS) Chi, Director, Global Government Affairs for Reed Elsevier

YS Chi
Director, Global Government Affairs for Reed Elsevier and Vice Chairman, global academic & customer relations at Elsevier.

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Elsevier
360 Park Ave South
New York, NY 10010
United States

Ian Fraser, Group HR Director

Ian Fraser
HR Director of Reed Elsevier Group plc and Reed Elsevier PLC since September 2005. Ian joined Reed Elsevier in 2005 and directs human resources across all the divisions of the Reed Elsevier Group. Prior to this he held a number of Group HR Director roles in FTSE 100 companies, most notably in BHP Billiton plc from March 1998 until joining Reed Elsevier. He has a joint M.A. (Hons.) from Edinburgh University in Philosophy & Psychology, an MBA in Finance and International Business from London's City University and is a Chartered Psychologist.

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

Keith Jones, CEO of Reed Business Information

Keith Jones
Chief Executive Officer of Reed Business Information since January 2009.

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Reed Business Information
1-3 Strand
London WC2N 5JR
United Kingdom

Mike Rusbridge, Chairman and CEO of Reed Exhibitions

Mike Rusbridge
Chairman of Reed Exhibitions worldwide since 1996.

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Reed Exhibitions
28 The Quadrant, Gateway House
Richmond
Surrey TW9 1DN
United Kingdom