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.

Boudewijn Beerkens has been CFO of Wolters Kluwer since November 2002 and a member of the Executive Board since May 2003.

Mr. Beerkens is responsible for the corporate areas of Accounting, Business Analysis & Control, Internal Audit and Internal Controls, Investor Relations, Mergers & Acquisitions, Risk Management, Taxation, and Treasury.

Prior to joining Wolters Kluwer, Mr. Beerkens was Managing Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, responsible for the Corporate Finance and Recovery team. Previously, he held a position at Vendex do Brasil where he was charged with responsibility for strategic development of the food division in Brazil. His banking expertise derives from his time with Citicorp Investment Bank in London.

Mr. Beerkens is a member of the Supervisory Board of Goedland nv, a member of the Executive Committee of Amsterdam Partners, a member of the Advisory Committee of Bencis Capital Partners, a member of the Council of Trustees of the RCOAK (Roomsch Catholijk Oude Armen Kantoor), and a Founding Friend of the United World Colleges Nederland.

Mr. Beerkens earned his MBA degree in Business Administration from the Rotterdam School of Management of the Erasmus University, Rotterdam, and a master’s degree in Dutch Civil Law and Notarial Law from the Free University, Amsterdam.

John (Jack) J. Lynch, Jr. is Executive Board Member of Wolters Kluwer. In his role as Executive Board Member, Mr. Lynch is responsible for global shared services, technology, business development, and the transport services business.

Before his appointment as member of the Executive Board by the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on April 20, 2007, Mr. Lynch was Senior Vice President, Business Development since June 2006. In this role, he was responsible for the identification and investigation of cross-divisional business opportunities, focusing on leveraging existing products and business models, with particular emphasis on software and web-based enterprise applications and workflow tools.

Before joining Wolters Kluwer in 2006, Jack Lynch was president and CEO of the Pearson School Technology Group within the Pearson Education School Companies, Phoenix, Arizona. In this role, he oversaw technology-focused businesses, including Pearson School Systems and Family Education Network, as well as central software development, business development, and strategic initiatives. Mr. Lynch also was founding CEO and board member of bigchalk.com, New York, and general manager of a number of information services and technology companies including Jnana Technologies, an artificial intelligence software company. Before that time he served as president of CCH Legal Information Services, a leading provider of corporate agent representation, corporate filing, and UCC search and filing services, that has since become part of Wolters Kluwer.

Mr. Lynch holds a Bachelor of Arts from Boston University.