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Nancy McKinstry
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Board for Wolters Kluwer

As CEO and Chairman of Wolters Kluwer, Nancy McKinstry spearheaded the successful transformation of the company into a forward-looking, customer-focused global information services provider for professionals worldwide. Since being named to her position in 2003, McKinstry has focused on creating an organization that delivers superior value to customers and shareholders and is leading the organization as it carries out a strategy to accelerate profitable growth.

Before assuming her present position, Ms. McKinstry gained more than a decade of experience at Wolters Kluwer and its operating companies in North America. Most recently she was an Executive Board Member of the company and previously served as CEO of Wolters Kluwer’s operations in North America. She also was President and CEO of CCH Legal Information Services, now a part of Wolters Kluwer’s Corporate & Financial Services division. Earlier, McKinstry held product management positions with CCH INCORPORATED, now part of Wolters Kluwer’s Tax, Accounting & Legal division. During her tenure at CCH, the company emerged as a leading provider of electronic publishing products.

In 1999, she worked briefly as CEO of SCP Communications, a medical information company, before rejoining Wolters Kluwer to head North American operations. Early in her career, Ms. McKinstry held management positions with Booz Allen Hamilton, an international management-consulting firm, where she focused on assignments in the media and publishing industries.

Ms. McKinstry is a member of the Boards of Directors of leading telecom supplier Ericsson; the American Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands; and TiasNimbas Business School. Ms. McKinstry is also a member of the Advisory Council of ABN AMRO Holding NV, the Advisory Council of the Amsterdam Institute of Finance, the Dutch Advisory Council of INSEAD, the Advisory Board for the University of Rhode Island, and the Board of Overseers of Columbia Business School. In addition, she is a member of the University Club of New York City.

Ms. McKinstry was named one of Europe’s Top 25 Women in Business by the Financial Times, and was among Fortune’s 50 Most Powerful Women and Forbes’ 100 Most Powerful Women. Most recently, Ms. McKinstry was also ranked in the 50 Women to Watch 2007 list by the Wall Street Journal.

She earned her MBA in Finance and Marketing from Columbia University, New York, and Bachelors Degree in Economics from the University of Rhode Island, Kingston, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa. In May 2005, she was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by the University of Rhode Island in recognition of her contributions to business.

Arvind Subramanian
President & CEO WK Health Clinical Solutions & ProVation Medical, Inc.

Mr. Subramanian brings 20 years of general management, process and functional expertise (marketing, technology, sales, business development, customer service, operations) to Wolters Kluwer Health (WKH) as the President & CEO of WKH Clinical Solutions. Arvind served for over 10 years at General Electric Company (GE), where he held vice president/general manager positions for several business lines at GE Information Services, and senior product/service management positions at GE Medical Systems, including positions in the global nuclear/molecular medicine modality, service marketing and operations, and strategic planning/market research. After leaving GE in 1999, Mr. Subramanian served on the executive management teams of two venture-capital backed technology start-up companies, both of which completed successful exit strategies, including ProVation® Medical, where he served as Chief Operating Officer prior to the WKH acquisition. Mr. Subramanian brings significant domain expertise in the areas of healthcare medical devices, supply chain software and services and clinical software and services to WKH. He received his BA and MBA degrees from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Subramanian is married with two daughters and lives in the suburbs of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Scott Schlesner
Vice President, Sales & Marketing

Mr. Schlesner has served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Clinical Solutions at Wolters Kluwer Health since 2006. Mr. Schlesner has more than 20 years of experience in health care sales and marketing. Prior to joining our company, he served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for a start-up company that successfully introduced a "new concept" in operating room technology. Earlier in his career, he spent 11 years at GE Healthcare, where he held of variety of sales and management positions. He began his career in 1987 as a sales representative with Baxter Healthcare. Mr. Schlesner holds a Bachelor’s of Science and a Master’s of Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

John Pins
Vice President, Finance

Since joining Wolters Kluwer Health in 1997, Mr. Pins has served in multiple capacities, including Director of Accounting for our Professional & Education business unit, Controller of Wolters Kluwer Health and Accounting Manager for Facts & Comparisons™.  He was named Vice President of Finance in June 2006. During his tenure with our company, Mr. Pins has worked closely with new system integrations and international accounting, among other special projects. In his current role, he oversees the finance divisions of ProVation® Medical, Inc., Drug Information and Decision Support. Prior to joining Wolters Kluwer, Mr. Pins served in public accounting for more than 7 years. He has a Bachelor’s of Science degree in accounting from Iowa State University and is a certified CPA.

Cathy Reilly
Vice President of Publishing

Mrs. Reilly, Vice President of Publishing for Wolters Kluwer Health, joined our company in 1992. She has more than 25 years of journal, book and database publishing experience, focusing in the past 15 years on medical and drug information publishing. Since 2004, she has concentrated her efforts on the integration of Medi-Span® and Facts & Comparisons™ knowledge and content. Mrs. Reilly holds a Bachelor’s of Education degree with specialties in English and journalism from Harris-Stowe University in St. Louis, Missouri.

Debbie Johnson
Director of Human Resources, Clinical Solutions

Mrs. Johnson is a human resources professional with more than 20 years experience in recruiting, training, compensation, employee relations and performance and talent management. As Director of Human Resources for Clinical Solutions, she currently has HR responsibilities for Wolters Kluwer Health Clinical Solutions personnel in Indianapolis, St. Louis and Minneapolis, along with some divisional project responsibilities. Prior to joining Wolters Kluwer Health, Mrs. Johnson served as the Human Resources Director for a Big Four accounting firm. She also has previous manufacturing HR experience. Mrs. Johnson holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Management degree from Purdue University and a Master’s of Business Administration degree from Butler University in Indiana. She is active in HR professional organizations and the non-profit community.

David A. Del Toro
Vice President, Product Development

Mr. Del Toro joined Wolters Kluwer Health in January of 2006 via the ProVation® Medical acquisition. Mr. Del Toro currently manages the Product Development group within the Clinical Solutions business unit of Wolters Kluwer Health. This group is responsible for the software development and product management activities for the Drug Information, Decision Support and ProVation product lines. At ProVation, Mr. Del Toro was responsible for the software development team. Prior to ProVation, Mr. Del Toro was Vice President of Development & Support and Manager-in-Charge for the Roseville, Minnesota office of McKesson. Mr. Del Toro started his health care information systems career 23 years ago with Serving Software, Inc. (now a part of McKesson) and throughout his career he has managed numerous customer support and development areas.   Mr. Del Toro has a Bachelor’s of Arts in Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics from the University of Minnesota and a Master’s of Arts in management from St. Mary's University of Minnesota.
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