12.01.14
Smith & Nephew plc has appointed Erik Engstrom as non-executive board director, effective Jan. 1.
Engstrom has led Reed Elsevier since 2009 and was chief executive of Elsevier’s scientific and medical information division from 2004 to 2009. Prior to Elsevier, Engstrom was a partner at private equity investment firm General Atlantic Partners.
Engstrom previously worked in publishing, serving as president and chief operating officer of Random House (1998-2001), and president/CEO, North America, of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc. until its merger with Random House. He began his career in 1988 at McKinsey & Co.
Engstrom graduated from the Stockholm School of Economics and the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School.