Publisher John Wiley and Sons, Inc. has announced that Brian A. Napack has been named its new President and CEO, effective December 4. Napack succeeds Matthew Kissner, who has served as interim CEO since May of 2017. Kissner, a 14-year veteran of Wiley's Board of Directors, will remain as Chairman.
Napack has an extensive background as a leader and innovator in the media, education, and information industries. He comes to Wiley from Providence Equity Partners, a global private equity firm with more than $50 billion under management, where he has been a Senior Advisor focused on investments in education and media.
He currently serves as a Director on the Boards of Blackboard, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Burning Glass, Ingram Industries, Recorded Books, myON, Synergis Education, and Zero To Three, a science-based early childhood advocacy organisation. Due to the Wiley appointment, he will transition off certain of these boards.
Before joining Providence in 2012, Napack served as president of Macmillan, the global content publisher, where he oversaw businesses in education, consumer books, digital media and magazines. At Macmillan, he helped to drive significant, profitable growth and to transform the company from a traditional publisher to an innovative provider of digital content, tools, and services to its rapidly changing institutional and consumer markets. Macmillan's brands include Farrar Strauss & Giroux; St. Martin's Press; Henry Holt; Bedford, Freeman, & Worth; and Scientific American.
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