Four months after De Gruyter announced its purchase of Akademie and Oldenbourg, the publishing houses have now completed their technical integration. The organisational structure of the consolidated company has also been revamped.
Anke Beck, De Gruyter's Vice President of Publishing for Humanities and the Social Sciences, will serve on the newly composed three-member executive board as managing director and will be responsible for all editorial departments. Carsten Buhr, Group CFO, has also been appointed to the executive board, and will oversee all operative departments, such as production.
Katrin Siems, Vice President of Marketing & Sales, has seized this moment of reorientation at the company to move on to new challenges. Her responsibilities will be taken over by Sven Fund, the chairman of the executive board.
