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PSON

GB0006776081

Consumer Publishing

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09-06	Pearson Unit Prices GBP350 Million Guaranteed Notes Issuance	MT
08-28	Pearson Unveils New Higher Ed AI Tools to Make Studying a Breeze	CI

Executive Committee: Pearson plc

Manager

Positions heldSince

Omar Abbosh

68 year

Chief Executive Officer

07/01/2024

Marykay Wells

62 year

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

15/03/2022

Allison Bebo

56 year

Human Resources Officer

12/12/2021

Cinthia Nespoli

44 year

General Counsel

20/05/2020

Graeme Stuart Baldwin

49 year

Corporate Secretary

30/06/2020

Sally Johnson

51 year

Director of Finance/CFO

23/04/2020

Joanne Russell

Investor Relations Contact

31/05/2017

David Treat

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

01/07/2024

Composition of the Board of Directors: Pearson plc

Director

CommitteesSince

Omid Kordestani

61 year

Governance Committee Chair	25/04/2024
Nominating Committee Chair	25/04/2024

Esther Lee

66 year

Governance Committee Chair	14/02/2021
Nominating Committee Chair	14/02/2021
Compensation Committee	30/03/2023
Governance Committee	30/03/2023
Nominating Committee	30/03/2023
Audit Committee	30/03/2023

Sherry Coutu

60 year

Audit Committee	01/06/2024
Compensation Committee Chair	01/06/2024
Governance Committee	30/06/2019
Nominating Committee	30/06/2019

Graeme Pitkethly

58 year

Audit Committee Chair	29/04/2024
Compensation Committee	30/04/2019
Governance Committee	30/04/2019
Nominating Committee	30/04/2019

Annette Thomas

59 year

Compensation Committee	31/08/2023
Governance Committee	30/09/2021
Nominating Committee	31/08/2023

Sally Johnson

51 year

Nominating Committee	31/03/2023
Audit Committee Chair	09/05/2023

Alison Dolan

55 year

Audit Committee	31/07/2023
Compensation Committee	31/03/2024

Omar Abbosh

68 year

Governance Committee Chair	30/11/2023
Nominating Committee Chair	30/11/2023

Lincoln Wallen

64 year

Audit Committee

31/12/2015

Alex Hardiman

43 year

Audit Committee

30/11/2023

Latest Appointments: Pearson plc

Pearson Chief Marketing Officer Steps Down; Successor Named	07-29	MT
Pearson Announces Appointment of Ginny Cartwright Ziegler as Chief Marketing Officer	07-23	CI
Pearson Appoints Dave Treat as Chief Technology Officer	07-02	CI
UK's M&S taps Rightmove's Alison Dolan as finance chief	05-29	RE
Pearson Appoints Vishaal Gupta as President of Workforce Skills	03-12	CI
Pearson's Deputy Chair to Step Down in April	03-01	MT
Pearson plc Announces Board & Committee Changes	03-01	CI

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Former Officers and Directors: Pearson plc

Insider

Positions held

SinceUntil

Dame Cox

Director/Board Member	31/12/2011	27/04/2021
Independent Dir/Board Member	31/12/2011	27/04/2021

John Fallon

Director/Board Member	02/10/2012	17/10/2020
Chief Executive Officer	31/12/2012	17/10/2020

Stephen Jones

Corporate Officer/Principal	11/08/2009	-
Corporate Secretary	31/12/2015	29/06/2020

Joshua Lewis

Director/Board Member	28/02/2011	23/04/2020
Independent Dir/Board Member	28/02/2011	23/04/2020

Susan Rudolph

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor	28/03/2011	24/03/2013
Corporate Officer/Principal	24/03/2013	31/07/2019

Glen Moreno

Chairman	30/09/2005	30/12/2015
Independent Dir/Board Member	-	30/12/2015

Robin Freestone

Director/Board Member	31/12/2005	31/07/2015
Director of Finance/CFO	31/12/2005	31/07/2015
Corporate Officer/Principal	31/12/2003	31/12/2005
Director of Finance/CFO	31/12/2005	31/07/2015

Thomas David Guy Arculus

Director/Board Member	11/08/2009	23/04/2015
Independent Dir/Board Member	27/02/2006	23/04/2015

Kenneth John Hydon

Director/Board Member	11/08/2009	23/04/2015
Independent Dir/Board Member	14/03/2011	23/04/2015

William T. Ethridge

Director/Board Member	28/11/2010	30/12/2013
Corporate Officer/Principal	11/08/2009	25/03/2013

Susan Fuhrman

Director/Board Member	11/08/2009	06/08/2013
Independent Dir/Board Member	14/03/2011	06/08/2013

John C. Makinson

Director/Board Member	13/03/2011	31/05/2013
Director of Finance/CFO	31/12/2001	13/03/2011

Rona Alison Fairhead

Director/Board Member	30/09/2001	29/04/2013
Independent Dir/Board Member	14/03/2011	16/03/2011
Corporate Officer/Principal	11/08/2009	28/11/2010

Dame Marjorie Scardino

Director/Board Member	31/12/1996	30/12/2012
Chief Executive Officer	31/12/1996	30/12/2012

Patrick Cescau

Director/Board Member	31/03/2002	30/12/2012
Independent Dir/Board Member	31/03/2002	30/12/2012

Terry Burns

Director/Board Member	11/08/2009	29/04/2010
Independent Dir/Board Member	30/04/1999	29/04/2010

David Arthur Bell

Director/Board Member	29/02/1996	30/04/2009
Human Resources Officer	-	-

Coimbatore Krishnarao Prahalad

Director/Board Member	11/08/2009	-
Independent Dir/Board Member	30/04/2008	09/10/2011

Jeffrey Taylor

Public Communications Contact	28/03/2010	08/05/2011
General Counsel	08/05/2011	-

Reuben Mark

Director/Board Member

31/12/1989

01/01/2006

Vernon Sankey

Director/Board Member	20/04/1993	31/12/2005
Chairman	20/04/1993	31/03/2006

Cinny Little

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/2001

31/12/2005

Dennis Stevenson

Chairman

31/12/1996

30/09/2005

Charlotte Elston

Public Communications Contact

31/12/2004

William B. Gauld

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

31/12/2000

31/12/2004

Philip J. Hoffman

General Counsel	-	-
Corporate Secretary	11/08/2009	-

Stephen Guy Hill

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/1995

Gurvirendra Singh Talwar

Director/Board Member	19/03/2000	-
Independent Dir/Board Member	19/03/2000	-

Luke Swanson

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/1999

John Davis

Director of Finance/CFO

31/12/1996

31/12/1999

Gary M. Rinck

General Counsel

31/12/1999

Vanessa Eke

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

31/12/1998

David M. Veit

Director/Board Member

31/12/1980

30/04/1998

Michael Blakenham

Chairman

31/12/1996

Sally Wood

Chief Operating Officer	-	-
President	-	-

David Howard Munns

Corporate Officer/Principal

Neil Crocker

Corporate Officer/Principal

Jonathan Morris

Corporate Officer/Principal

Atish Banerjea

Corporate Officer/Principal

Robert L. Dancy

General Counsel

28/03/2011

Robert Head

Corporate Officer/Principal

27/03/2011

Alia Ali

Corporate Officer/Principal

John Ridding

Chairman

Gordon Drake

Corporate Officer/Principal

Keric Morris

Corporate Officer/Principal

Eric D. Goldfarb

Chief Investment Officer	-	-
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer	-	-

Derek Thurgood

Corporate Officer/Principal

Shannon McCaffery

Corporate Officer/Principal

Sandra Nielsen

Sales & Marketing

Philip Brown

Corporate Officer/Principal

Owen Francis O'Donnell

Director of Finance/CFO

Richard Graham Quinton Kellett-Clarke

Director of Finance/CFO

Nigel David Portwood

Corporate Officer/Principal

Giles Spackman

Corporate Officer/Principal

Brian McCarthy

Corporate Officer/Principal

Cindy J. Edwards

Human Resources Officer

Mark L. Feldman

Corporate Officer/Principal

James H. Sherman

Corporate Officer/Principal

Simon Mays-Smith

Investor Relations Contact

14/03/2011

Christopher Stibbs

Director of Finance/CFO	17/11/2010	-
Corporate Officer/Principal	-	17/11/2010
President	-	17/11/2010

Mark D. Jones

Corporate Officer/Principal

Suzanna Taverne

Corporate Officer/Principal

James Lee

President

Charles Goldsmith

Public Communications Contact

11/08/2009

Mark Jonathan Silver

Director of Finance/CFO

Matthew Leavy

Corporate Officer/Principal

Samuel Pearson

Founder

11/08/2009

Andrew Edwardson

Director of Finance/CFO

Richard Hanks

Corporate Officer/Principal

Laura Pearson

Corporate Officer/Principal

Gregory J. Mayers

Corporate Officer/Principal

Daniel Caton

Corporate Officer/Principal

Age distribution of managers

Parity Men Women

Male	14
Female	11

Of which Executive Committee

Male	3
Female	5

Of which Directors

Male	5
Female	5

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Pearson plc specializes in books publishing, namely educational books, higher education books and professional training books. The group also offers educational evaluation services and on-line learning service, as well as the operation of schools, colleges and universities. Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United Kingdom (12.2%), Europe (3.5%), the United States (68.2%), Asia/Pacific (10.5%), Canada (2.3%) and other (3.3%).

Employees

17,612

Sector

Consumer Publishing

Calendar

20/02/2025 - Q4 2024 Earnings Release (Projected)

Related indices

STOXX Europe 600 Index (EUR) , FTSE 100

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