Science magazine Scientific American has announced the promotion of Mike Florek to Executive Vice President of Scientific American. He takes up his position with immediate effect, reporting directly to Nature Publishing Group Managing Director Steven Inchcoombe. Prior to his promotion Florek was Vice President, Finance and Business Development at Scientific American.
In his new role, Florek will oversee all business functions, including the US Scientific American activities and the international editions. He will work closely with Editor-in-Chief Mariette DiChristina. Florek joined Scientific American as General Manager in November 2000, and in 2007 was promoted to Vice President and General Manager. He became Vice President, Finance and Business Development in 2009, when Scientific American joined NPG. Prior to joining Scientific American, he worked as Director of Finance at McGraw Hill and in the finance and marketing departments of Reader's Digest.
Scientific American became part of Nature Publishing Group (NPG) in 2009, after many years as a sister Holtzbrinck organization. Mike Florek's appointment follows on the heels of Scientific American's recent hires of Executive Editor Fred Guterl and Design Director Michael Mrak.
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