Hans Gieskes

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration, Netherlands Institute Marketing.

Career

Vice president sales, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1979-1985; Chief Executive Officer, Elsevier Science United Kingdom, London, 1985-1991; Chief Executive Officer, Bonaventura, The Netherlands, 1992-1996; president, Chief Executive Officer, LEXIS-NEXIS Group, Miamisburg, Ohio., since 1997. Past public Elsevier, The Netherlands. Past member sales, technical & general management staffs Elsevier Science.

Past vice chairman legal division LEXIS-NEXIS, Reed Elsevier, vice chairman European division.

Achievements

• Hans Gieskes has been listed as a noteworthy Information services and publishing executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Interests

• Avocations: reading non-fiction, modern European history, yachting and yacht racing, golf, cricket.

Connections

Married; 3 children.