Stephen M. Smith has been appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer of John Wiley & Sons, effective May 1, 2009. Mr. Smith will be responsible for the overall direction and leadership of Wiley’s global publishing businesses. The announcement was made by William J. Pesce, President and Chief Executive Officer, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Mr. Smith will continue to report to Mr. Pesce. Eric Swanson, Senior Vice President, Scientific ,Technical, Medical and Scholarly; Stephen Kippur, Executive Vice President and President, Professional/Trade; and Bonnie Lieberman, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Higher Education, will report to Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith is relocating to Wiley’s global headquarters in Hoboken, NJ, from Chichester, UK, where he is currently based as Senior Vice President, International Development, with responsibility for Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Australia. Mr. Smith joined Wiley in 1992 as Vice President, Wiley Asia. In 1995, he was promoted to the new position of Vice President, International Development. He became Senior Vice President, International Development in 1996, when he assumed corporate responsibility for Wiley Australia. In May 2000, Wiley’s Professional/Trade business in Europe was added to his responsibilities. In 2006, Mr. Smith became Chief Operating Officer of Wiley’s UK business. He was appointed Senior Vice President, Wiley Europe in 2007, while continuing his role in Asia and Australia. Prior to joining Wiley, Mr. Smith was President of Simon & Schuster’s UK Academic and Professional Group, with management responsibility for the European operations of Simon & Schuster and Prentice Hall. During his time with Simon & Schuster, he also spent two years in the Middle East and six years as Managing Director of the Asian subsidiary in Singapore. He received his B.S. from Oxford Brookes University. He has been an active participant in industry campaigns to combat copyright infringement around the world.
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