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RELX SENIOR EXECUTIVES

Mark Kelsey

Chief Executive Officer, Risk

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Joined in 1983. Appointed to current position in 2012.

Has held a number of senior positions across the Group over the past 30 years. Previously Chief Operating Officer and then Chief Executive Officer of Reed Business Information. Studied at Liverpool University and received his MBA from Bradford University.

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Kumsal Bayazit

Chief Executive Officer, Scientific, Technical & Medical

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Joined in 2004. Appointed to current position in 2019.

Previously President, Exhibitions Europe, Chief Strategy Officer, RELX, Chair, RELX Technology Forum and Executive Vice President of Global Strategy and Business Development for LexisNexis. Prior to that worked with Bain & Company in New York, Los Angeles, Johannesburg and Sydney. Holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley.

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Mike Walsh

Chief Executive Officer, Legal

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Joined in 2003. Appointed to current position in 2011.

Previously CEO of LexisNexis US Legal Markets and Director of Strategic Business Development Home Depot. Prior to that was a practising attorney at Weil, Gotshal and Manges in Washington DC and served as a consultant with The Boston Consulting Group. Holds a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School and is a graduate of Yale University.

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Hugh M Jones IV

Chief Executive Officer, Exhibitions

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Joined in 2011. Appointed to current position in 2020.

Previously Group Managing Director, Accuity, ICIS, Cirium, and EG within Risk. Prior to that was Chief Executive Officer, Accuity. Holds an MBA from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and is a graduate of Yale University.

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  • Committee Chair

Youngsuk 'YS' Chi

Director of RELX Corporate Affairs and Chair, Elsevier

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Joined in 2005. Appointed to current position in 2011.

Previously was President and Chief Operating Officer of Random House, founding Chairman of Random House Asia and Chief Operating Officer for Ingram Book Group. Holds an MBA from Columbia University and is a graduate of Princeton University.

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Henry Udow

Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary

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Joined in 2011. Appointed to current position at that time.

Previously Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary of Cadbury plc having spent 23 years working with the company. Prior to that worked at Shearman & Sterling in New York and London. Holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Michigan Law School and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Rochester.

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Jelena Sevo

Chief Strategy Officer

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Joined in 2011. Appointed to current position in 2019.

Previously Director of Tax Markets for LexisNexis UK. Prior to that, various senior management roles in LexisNexis and Elsevier. Previously a consultant at Bain & Co and Booz Allen Hamilton. Holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, a master’s degree in law from Georgetown University and a degree in law from the University of Belgrade.

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Vijay Raghavan

Chair, RELX Technology Forum and Chief Technology Officer, Risk

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Joined in 2002. Appointed to current position in 2019.

Previously Vice President of Technology, LexisNexis Insurance Solutions. Prior technology executive positions at ChoicePoint, Paragon Solutions, Primus Knowledge Solutions, and McKesson. Holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical and electronics engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, a master’s degree in cybersecurity from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and completed an advanced management program for executives at MIT Sloan School of Management.

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BOARD COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
  • Audit Committee
  • Audit Committees Committee Chairman
  • Nominations Committee
  • Nominations Committee Committee Chairman
  • Corporate Governance Committee
  • Corporate Governance Committee Committee Chairman
  • Remuneration Committee
  • Remuneration Committee Committee Chairman
  • Committee Chair

Rose Thomson

Chief Human Resources Officer

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Joined in 2021. Appointed to current position at that time.

Previously Chief Human Resources Officer at Standard Life Aberdeen. Before that, held various senior human resources roles at Travelport International, Barclays Bank, The Coca-Cola Company, Coles Group and The Walt Disney Company.

Holds an MA in business management from Macquarie University Graduate School of Management and a BA in Psychology, Macquarie University.

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BOARD COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
  • Audit Committee
  • Audit Committees Committee Chairman
  • Nominations Committee
  • Nominations Committee Committee Chairman
  • Corporate Governance Committee
  • Corporate Governance Committee Committee Chairman
  • Remuneration Committee
  • Remuneration Committee Committee Chairman
  • Committee Chair

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