Wolters Kluwer Appoints Peter Wakkie as Chairman of the Supervisory Board
08 May 2013 - 4:05PM
Alphen aan den Rijn (May 8,
2013) - Wolters Kluwer today announced the appointment of Peter
Wakkie as Chairman of the Supervisory Board, effective
immediately.
Mr. Wakkie (Netherlands, 1948) previously served
as Deputy Chairman and recently as acting Chairman of the
Supervisory Board. He was appointed as member of Wolters Kluwer's
Supervisory Board in 2005, and most recently reelected at the
Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of April 24, 2013.
Mr. Wakkie succeeds the late Adri Baan who passed
away unexpectedly in early April of this year.
Peter Wakkie is a founding partner of Dutch-based
law firm Spinath & Wakkie and previously held the position of
Chief Corporate Governance Counsel and member of the Executive
Board at Royal AHOLD nv. Mr. Wakkie is also a Supervisory Board
member of ABN AMRO Group N.V., BCD Holdings nv, TomTom nv, and a
member of the Dutch Monitoring Committee Corporate Governance.
About
Wolters Kluwer
Wolters Kluwer is a global leader in professional information
services. Professionals in the areas of legal, business, tax,
accounting, finance, audit, risk, compliance and healthcare rely on
Wolters Kluwer's market leading information-enabled tools and
software solutions to manage their business efficiently, deliver
results to their clients, and succeed in an ever more dynamic
world. Wolters Kluwer reported 2012 annual revenues of €3.6
billion. The group employs over 19,000 people worldwide and
maintains operations in over 40 countries across Europe, North
America, Asia Pacific and Latin America. The company is
headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands. Wolters
Kluwer shares are listed on NYSE Euronext Amsterdam (symbol: WKL)
and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices.
For more information about our products and
organization, visit www.wolterskluwer.com, follow @Wolters_Kluwer
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result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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