Cengage Learning Appoints John Leahy as Chief Financial Officer, with Effect from December 1, 2014
November 17, 2014
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John Leahy has been appointed Chief Financial Officer for Cengage Learning to lead the Company's financial management team. Based in Boston, John will lead all financial activity for Cengage Learning and will report to the Chief Executive Officer Michael Hansen as part of the Executive Team, effective December 1st. John most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Care.com.
Cengage Learning Holdings II, Inc. is a global education technology company. The Company is organized into three core business units: Cengage Academic business, Cengage Work business, and Cengage Select. In the Cengage Academic business unit, the Company integrates U.S. Higher Education, International Higher Education and Secondary Education in order to leverage synergies across these businesses that share content, technology platforms and support services. The Cengage Work business unit services the workforce skills market and includes the Companyâs ed2go and Infosec businesses that leverage all the Companyâs relationships, content, and data to drive growth. The Companyâs third core business unit, Cengage Select, consists of four businesses, English language teaching (ELT), Research and Other (Australia K-12 and Milady), each serving select markets and customers. The Company serves the higher education, secondary education, workforce skills, ELT, and research markets around the world.