EXPERIENCE: Appointed Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 January 2015 and Member of the Audit Committee . Erik commenced his career at McKinsey & Company and then worked in publishing, latterly as President and COO of Random House Inc. and as President and CEO of Bantam Doubleday Dell, N America. In 2001 he moved on to be a partner at General Atlantic Partners, a private equity investment firm. Between 2004 and 2009 he was CEO of Elsevier, the division specialising in scientific and medical information and then from 2009 Chief Executive of RELX Group. Erik has successfully reshaped RELX Group’s business in terms of portfolio and geographies. He brings a deep understanding of how technology can be used to transform a business and insight into the development of new commercial models that deliver attractive economics. His experience as a CEO of a global company gives him valuable insights as a member of our Audit Committee. UNIVERSITY: Erik is a graduate of the Stockholm School of Economics (BSc) and of the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm (MSc). In 1988, he graduated with an MBA from Harvard Business School as a Fullbright Scholar.

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