Publisher Reed Elsevier has announced the appointment of Adrian Hennah as a member of the Supervisory Board of Reed Elsevier NV and as a non-executive director of Reed Elsevier PLC. The appointment is subject to shareholder approval at the respective Annual General Meetings to be held from April 19- 20, 2011.
Hennah will also be appointed a non-executive director of Reed Elsevier Group plc. He will succeed Lord Sharman of Redlynch who will retire from the Boards at that time after more than nine years service.
Hennah is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Smith & Nephew plc, one of the leading medical devices companies. He was previously Chief Financial Officer of Invensys plc, the global technology group, and held various senior positions within GlaxoSmithKline.
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