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==Board of Directors==
 
==Board of Directors==
  
[[Glen Moreno]], Chairman | [[Marjorie Scardino]], Chief Executive |  [[Robin Freestone]], Chief Financial Officer, [[David Bell]], Director for People and Chairman of Pearson Inc, [[Will Ethridge]], Chief Executive, North American Education | [[Rona Fairhead]] Chief Executive, Financial Times Group | [[John Makinson]], Chairman and Chief Executive, Penguin
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[[Glen Moreno]], Chairman | [[Marjorie Scardino]], Chief Executive |  [[Robin Freestone]], Chief Financial Officer | [[David Bell]], Director for People and Chairman of Pearson Inc | [[Will Ethridge]], Chief Executive, North American Education | [[Rona Fairhead]] Chief Executive, Financial Times Group | [[John Makinson]], Chairman and Chief Executive, Penguin

Revision as of 05:02, 29 January 2009

Pearson PLC is the worlds largest book publisher and have branched out into related services: testing and learning software for students of all ages; data for financial institutions; public information systems for government departments. The Financial Times is a subsidiary of Pearson PLC.

They also own the following publishing houses: Penguin, Dorling Kindersley, Scott Foresman, Prentice Hall, Addison Wesley and Longman. Pearson is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO) and in 2007 had sales of £4,218m ($8,394m) and an operating profit of £634m ($1,262m).

Board of Directors

Glen Moreno, Chairman | Marjorie Scardino, Chief Executive | Robin Freestone, Chief Financial Officer | David Bell, Director for People and Chairman of Pearson Inc | Will Ethridge, Chief Executive, North American Education | Rona Fairhead Chief Executive, Financial Times Group | John Makinson, Chairman and Chief Executive, Penguin