A former CCH VP,
Cathy Wolfe, has been named as president and CEO of
Wolters Kluwer's Medical Research business, effective January 1. Wolfe, who has served CEO of Wolters Kluwer U.K. since 2007, has been with the company since 1996. It's only the latest in a series of high-level changes at CCH and its parent company, Netherlands-based Wolters Kluwer.
Before getting the position in the United Kingdom, Wolfe was VP of CCH's Tax and Accounting publishing group. She takes over the Medical Research job from Karen Abramson, CEO of Wolters Kluwer Health. The move was triggered by the departure of Karen Abramson, who had led the Medical Research business since 2006, and was named as president and CEO of CCH in September. Abramson took over for Mike Sabbatis, who had held the CCH job. Also announced recently was the departure of Jack Lynch, a member of the Wolters Kluwers Executive Board, and one of the company's three top executives.
Lynch is leaving to take the position of CEO of Renaissance Learning, whose prior CEO, Glenn James, left the company under what was termed a mutual agreement with the board of directors. Renaissance Learning is based in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., and markets technologyproducts to the K-12 education market which it terms "advanced technology for data-driven schools." Lynch had previously experience in the education market as CEO of Bigchalk.com and the Pearson School Technology Group. He begins his new job on November 5.
