Wiley announced Executive Vice President John Kritzmacher plans to retire from the Company after eight years of service at the end of calendar year 2021. Christina Van Tassell will join Wiley at the end of November 2021 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Mr. Kritzmacher. Ms. Van Tassell joins Wiley with over 25 years of experience leading and innovating in global finance organizations. She comes to Wiley from Dow Jones, where she has been its Chief Financial Officer since 2017. Prior to Dow Jones, Ms. Van Tassell was the Chief Financial Officer at Xaxis, a WPP Company and a Partner and Chief Financial Officer at Centurion Holdings. Earlier, she was at PricewaterhouseCoopers, holding senior roles in New York, London, and Sweden. Ms. Van Tassell will report to Brian Napack, President and Chief Executive Officer, and join the company?s Executive Leadership Team. Mr. Kritzmacher will remain at Wiley through the end of the year as an advisor and to support the transition.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. is a knowledge company. The Company is engaged in providing research, publishing, and knowledge solutions. The Company's segments include Research, Learning, and Held for Sale or Sold. Research segment is a provide peer-reviewed scientific, technical, and medical (STM) publishing, content platforms, and related services to academic, corporate, and government customers, academic societies, and individual researchers. The Learning segment provides scientific, professional, and education print and digital books, digital courseware to libraries, corporations, students, professionals, and researchers, as well as assessment services to businesses and professionals. The Company's Research Publishing products provide scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly journals, as well as related content and services, to academic, corporate, and government libraries, learned societies, and individual researchers, and other professionals.
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