Stacey Caywood is a Member of the Executive Board and CEO Wolters Kluwer Health
Stacey Caywood was appointed as a member of the Wolters Kluwer Executive Board in May 2025. Since 2020, she has served as CEO of Wolters Kluwer Health and has led the further evolution and development of Wolters Kluwer’s healthcare solutions, ensuring medical and nursing professionals around the world can benefit from advanced clinical technology and evidence-based data and insights.
Previously, as CEO of Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory, she led a strategic transformation across Europe and the U.S., returning the business to organic growth. Earlier in her career, Ms. Caywood was President and CEO of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business and held a number of management and leadership roles of increasing responsibility within the Company. In 2024, Wolters Kluwer international Global Growth Markets were added to her responsibilities.
At the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on May 15, 2025, Ms. Caywood was appointed as a member of the Executive Board of Wolters Kluwer, with the intention of appointing her as CEO in February 2026 upon the retirement of Wolters Kluwer current CEO and Chair of the Executive Board, Nancy McKinstry.
Ms. Caywood is a seasoned executive with extensive experience. She excels in business transformation, digital revenue growth, and innovation across legal, compliance, and healthcare markets. Her expertise spans strategy execution, portfolio management and M&A, product innovation, and commercial excellence.
In 2021, Ms. Caywood received a Bronze Stevie® Award in the category of Female Executive of the Year – Business Products in recognition of her leadership while navigating the healthcare markets and piloting a workforce to support the frontlines during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stacey earned an MBA from Northwestern University, J.L. Kellogg School of Management, Chicago, and holds a bachelor's degree from Tufts University, Medford, MA.
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