Patrick Tierney

Patrick Tierney (age 57) executive director. Mr Tierney is global chief executive of the Reed Elsevier Education division. He joined Reed Elsevier in January 2003 from The Thomson Corporation, a major US based information provider, where he held various senior roles, most recently as the chief executive officer of Thomson Financial. From 1991 to 1996 Mr Tierney worked for Knight-Ridder, Inc., an electronic publisher and information provider, latterly as senior vice president and executive committee member. Prior to that he held senior management roles in TRW, a commercial information business, and Gould, an electronic power conversion manufacturer.