Wolters Kluwer appoints new Secretary to the Executive Board and new Vice President Investor Relations

Wolters Kluwer announced today that it has appointed Oya Yavuz (31) as Vice President Investor Relations and Paul van der Torre (36) as Secretary to the Executive Board at its Corporate Office in Amsterdam. Oya Yavuz, presently working as Associate with Heidrick & Struggles Executive Search, will succeed Annie Hull on September 1.

Annie Hull was appointed Vice President Business Analysis & Control of Wolters Kluwer earlier this year. Paul van der Torre joined Wolters Kluwer from his role as consultant with Boston Consulting Group, on August 1. He takes over as Secretary to the Executive Board from Patrick Hendriks, who was recently named Vice President and Managing Director of Kluwer Law International.
 
Oya Yavuz held several posts in Asset Management with ABN AMRO between 1997 and 2001. She graduated with a Masters in Business Administration at Webster University (Leiden) in 1996.
 
Before joining Wolters Kluwer, Paul van der Torre worked as consultant with The Boston Consulting Group for five years. At The Boston Consulting Group he handled projects in a range of different industries - financial services, chemicals, consumer goods and media. He has extensive experience of consulting on board level, and dealing with strategy, corporate governance and organization issues. Paul van der Torre is a graduate of Law and Medicine and took his Masters in Business Administration at Insead (Paris). Note for the editor:
Wolters Kluwer is a multinational information services company with annual sales of approximately EUR 3.8 billion, employing approximately 20,000 people in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific.

The company's core activities are Legal, Tax & Business, Health, and Education. The Wolters Kluwer shares are quoted on the Euronext Amsterdam. The financial results for the first half 2002 will be announced on August 13, 2002.  


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