Bio
Kumsal Bayazit is Chief Executive Officer. She joined Elsevier in February 2019 from RELX, the corporate group of which Elsevier is a part. She has held multiple positions with RELX since 2004, most recently as Regional President Europe, Middle East and Africa at Reed Exhibitions. Before joining Reed Exhibitions in 2016, Kumsal was RELX Chief Strategy Officer, responsible for driving strategic initiatives, technology strategy and portfolio management. Prior to that she served in several operational and strategic roles with LexisNexis, which like Elsevier is part of RELX.