Elsevier Names CEO of Science & Technology Division

AMSTERDAM, March 23, 2011 - Elsevier, a leading provider of scientific, technical and medical
information products and services today announced the appointment of Ron
Mobed as Chief Executive Officer, Science & Technology, based in Amsterdam.

Ron Mobed joins Elsevier most recently from Cengage Learning, where he
was President of the Academic & Professional group, and from Information
Handling Services (IHS), where he was Co-President and Chief Operating
Officer and ran IHS Energy division. Previously he was at Schlumberger, where
he had a number of senior roles in business development, information
management and as Global Vice President and General Manager of Schlumberger's
Information Management business. Mobed is a native of the UK and has lived
and worked in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the US. He is a
graduate of Imperial College London and Trinity College, Cambridge. Mobed
will join Elsevier effective 4 April.

"In Ron, we are fortunate to have an executive who has experience in
leading global science and technology content businesses, as well as a track
record in leveraging quality information, technology and customer insight to
create valuable solutions for customers," said Erik Engstrom, Chief Executive
Officer of Reed Elsevier. "I am confident that his highly relevant experience
and knowledge of many of our markets around the world will serve us well."

About Elsevier

Elsevier is a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical
information products and services. The company works in partnership with the
global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000 journals,
including The Lancet (www.thelancet.com/) and Cell (
www.cell.com/), and close to 20,000 book titles, including major
reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions include
SciVerse ScienceDirect (www.sciencedirect.com/) , SciVerse Scopus
(www.scopus.com/home.url), Reaxys (https://www.reaxys.com/info/), MD
Consult (www.mdconsult.com/php/237804756-8/homepage) and Nursing
Consult (www.nursingconsult.com/php/237804986-2/home.html), which
enhance the productivity of science and health professionals, and the SciVal
suite (www.scival.com/) and MEDai's Pinpoint Review, (
www.medai.com/) which help research and health care institutions
deliver better outcomes more cost-effectively.

A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier (
www.elsevier.com/wps/find/homepage.cws_home) employs 7,000 people
worldwide. The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group PLC (
www.reedelsevier.com/Pages/Home.aspx), a world-leading publisher and
information provider, which is jointly owned by Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed
Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London
Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).

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