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Nancy McKinstry

Nancy McKinstry

CEO & Chairman, Wolters Kluwer
Netherlands

Nancy McKinstry (USA, 1959) is CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board of Wolters Kluwer, a market-leading global information services company focused on professionals in areas of legal, business, tax, accounting, finance, audit, risk, compliance and healthcare. Wolters Kluwer has revenues of €3.4 billion ($4.8 billion), approximately 19,300 employees and operations in more than 40 countries.

After initiating a drastic turn-around when she became CEO in 2003, Ms. McKinstry is widely credited with the successful transformation of Wolters Kluwer from a formerly fragmented collection of assets to a truly global powerhouse for the 21st century. Under her direction, Wolters Kluwer has shifted its focus from a print-driven publishing enterprise to one that provides cutting-edge digital offerings and embedded workflow solutions.

Formerly, Ms. McKinstry was President and CEO of CCH Legal Information Services, and previously held product management positions with CCH Inc., now part of Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting. In 1999, Ms. McKinstry was CEO of SCP Communications, a medical information company. She formerly held management positions with Booz Allen Hamilton.

Ms. McKinstry earned an MBA in Finance and Marketing from Columbia University, New York, where she graduated Beta Gamma Sigma. At the University of Rhode Island, she graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a Bachelors Degree in Economics and received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. She is a member of the Board of Directors of leading telecom supplier Ericsson and TiasNimbas Business School. She is also a member of the Advisory Council of the Amsterdam Institute of Finance, the Dutch Advisory Council of INSEAD, the Advisory Board for the University of Rhode Island and the Board of Overseers of Columbia Business School.

Ms. McKinstry has been included in leading lists of business media as one of the most powerful women in business. Most recently, she was among Forbes’100 Most Powerful Women and Fortune's Global 50 Powerful Women in Business. In 2009, she was among Financial Times’ Top 50 Women in World Business.

About Wolters Kluwer
Wolters Kluwer is a market-leading global information services company. Professionals in the areas of legal, business, tax, accounting, finance, audit, risk, compliance, and healthcare rely on Wolters Kluwer’s leading, information-enabled tools and solutions to manage their business efficiently, deliver results to their clients, and succeed in an ever more dynamic world.

Wolters Kluwer has 2009 annual revenues of €3.4 billion, employs approximately 19,300 people worldwide, and maintains operations in over 40 countries across Europe, North America, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands. Its shares are quoted on Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices.

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