Presently, Sidney Taurel holds the position of Chairman for Pearson Plc and Chairman of Pearson Education, Inc. (a subsidiary of Pearson Plc). Mr. Taurel is also on the board of International Business Machines Corp., The Indianapolis Museum of Art, Inc. and RCA Tennis Championships and Member of The Business Council, Member-Overseers Board at Columbia Business School and Member of The Business Roundtable.

In the past Mr. Taurel held the position of Chairman-Emeritus at Eli Lilly & Co. and Executive Vice President-Pharmaceutical Division at Eli Lilly International Corp. (a subsidiary of Eli Lilly & Co.), Member of Homeland Security Advisory Council and Member of President's Export Council.

He received an MBA from Columbia University and an undergraduate degree from École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Paris.