Wolters Kluwer, announced yesterday? that the company has appointed Stacey Caywood as CEO of Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory, effective immediately.
We’re told that? Ms. Caywood will oversee the business activities related to the Legal & Regulatory division globally, which include operations in Europe, the United States, Canada, and Asia Pacific, serving legal and business compliance professionals worldwide. Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory has annual (2009) revenues of EUR1,448 million, representing 42% of total revenue.
Here’s the rest of the press release. We’ve highlighted in bold some of the more relevant sections.
One thing that we have noticed in this press release is that Mark Dorman, currently Vice President Legal Markets Group, Law & Business, will succeed her as President and CEO, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, North America is ex UK military.
All we’ll say is that when West and LN started hiring ex military in the nineties the cultural change at both companies was somewhat depressing to say the least.? That said, these days, the Brits are better at soft power than the Americans so maybe WK Legal in the US won’t become a “yes sir no sir” operation. It? would be sad if it did though. WK does still seem to have a soul which is more than can be said for some other publishers of legal information.
Ms. Caywood, previously President and CEO of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, is a seasoned leader with an 18-year track record of success at CCH and Wolters
Kluwer, where she has led the creation of highly customer-focused business strategies and innovative solutions that have further distinguished Law &
Business as one of the world’s leading providers of information and workflow solutions. Prior to that, she was Vice President of the Wolters Kluwer Law &
Business Legal Professional Group, where she helped drive strong growth through the introduction of new electronic products and integrated online libraries in
specialty areas.
“We are very pleased to have Stacey Caywood leading this global division, whichis a key part of our business, serving legal and business compliance
professionals worldwide. Her strong record in driving innovation, her excellentleadership skills, and her fundamental knowledge of the legal and compliance
professions will greatly benefit the Legal & Regulatory division and ourcustomers, spanning market segments worldwide,” Nancy McKinstry, CEO and
Chairman of the Executive Board of Wolters Kluwer, commented.
Ms. Caywood’s leadership appointment is in line with Wolters Kluwer’s 2010-2012 business strategy for Maximizing Value for Customers to better leverage its
strong positions in the global markets that the division serves. In her position as CEO, Legal & Regulatory, Ms. Caywood will work closely with the divisional
regional managing directors and other leadership of the business units that a repart of Legal & Regulatory, to drive further customer focus and to betterleverage effective innovation and business models across the markets served.
Related to Ms. Caywood’s appointment, Mark Dorman, currently Vice President Legal Markets Group, Law & Business, will succeed her as President and CEO,
Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, North America, effective immediately. WoltersKluwer Law & Business is a leading provider of information and software
solutions serving legal and business compliance professionals under the productnames of Aspen, Best Case, CCH, Loislaw, Kluwer Law International, and MediRegs.
Mr. Dorman joined Wolters Kluwer in 2005 as President of Loislaw, and in 2008became the Vice President of the Legal Markets Group. In this position, Mr.
Dorman was responsible for the overall strategy, business development, and sales and marketing for the business, serving legal information and solutions to legal
professionals, law firms, law schools, and law students in the U.S., and specialist international law firms. Prior to joining Wolters Kluwer, Mr. Dorman held leadership roles at Gartner, Inc. and LexisNexis U.K..
Ms. Caywood earned an MBA from Northwestern University, J.L. Kellogg School of Management, Chicago, Ill., and holds a Bachelor’s degree from Tufts University,
Medford, Mass. She will report into Nancy McKinstry and she will be based at Riverwoods, Ill., in the U.S.. Mr. Dorman attended the Royal Military Academy at
Sandhurst. He will report into Stacey Caywood and will be based at the New York office in the U.S..
