Publisher Reed Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the appointment of Anthony Habgood as chairman, effective June 1, 200. This is subject to his appointment as a member of the supervisory board of Reed Elsevier NV at an extraordinary shareholders' meeting to be held in May. He will succeed Jan Hommen.
As announced in January 2009, Hommen stepped down from Reed Elsevier at the conclusion of the Annual General Meetings on April 21 and 22. David Reid, senior independent director, will be acting chairman until Habgood takes up his position.
Habgood will resign from his positions at Bunzl plc and SVG Capital plc, of which he is chairman and a non-executive director respectively, by July 1, 2009. He will remain as chairman of Whitbread plc.
