Wolters Kluwer names McKinstry as president/CEO of North American Legal, Tax & Business operations


McKinstry most recently was CEO and a director of SCP, New York, a medical publishing and servicescompany specializing in clinical research, journals, medical education and communications. For eight years prior to SCP, she held executive positions with CCH. From 1996 to 1999 she served as presidentand CEO of CCH LIS. During her tenure there, the company experienced rapid growth, expanded its lineof technology-based services and products, and became one of Wolters Kluwer's most profitablecompanies worldwide.
 
McKinstry succeeds Hugh J. Yarrington, who is moving full-time to the Wolters Kluwer nv Executive Board where he will oversee the company's Legal, Tax & Business clustersNorth America and Asia Pacific and the Education cluster.
For further information, please contact:
Press: Patrick Hendriks, Secretary to the Executive Board, tel. +31 20 6070 450
Analysts/investors: Annie Hull-Bom, Head of Investor Relations, +31 20 6070 407
e-mail: info@wolterskluwer.com (press)
e-mail: ir@wolterskluwer.com (investor relations)
 
Wolters Kluwer (www.wolterskluwer.com) is a multinational information services company with annualrevenues of more than EUR 3 billion, employing 18,000 people in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific.
The company's core activities are Legal, Tax & Business, International Health & Science and Education. The Wolters Kluwer shares are quoted on the Amsterdam Exchanges.