Karen Abramson - Wolters Kluwer CEO of Tax and Accounting

Ms. Karen Abramson was Chief Executive Officer of Wolters Kluwer Tax Accounting of Wolters Kluwer N.V. since August 2012. As Chief Executive Officer of the global division, she leads Wolters Kluwer tax and accounting operations worldwide, with activities across North America, Brazil, Europe and Asia Pacific. She joined Wolters Kluwer Tax Accounting in 2012 as President Chief Executive Officer of CCH, a part of Wolters Kluwer and a provider of tax, accounting and audit information, software and solutions. At CCH, she led the North America businesses in delivering innovative solutions for professionals with the launch of the numerous mobile and cloudbased solutions including the awardwinning CCH Axcess. She has experience in the professional information and software industry, and a track record of growing businesses in Wolters Kluwer through customerfocused innovation. She previously served as President Chief Executive Officer of Wolters Kluwer Healths Medical Research business unit. Abramson transformed the Medical Research business and strengthened and restored key partnerships. She introduced both new revenue models and innovative product offerings. Previously at Wolters Kluwer, Abramson served as Vice President and General Manager of CT Corsearch. Under her leadership, CT Corsearch revolutionized the trademark review process with electronic workflow solutions, consistently delivered doubledigit organic growth, significantly increased market share and achieved the highest quality and customer satisfaction rates in the history of the business. Prior to joining Wolters Kluwer, she held executive roles at Member Works and Thomson Tax and Accounting. She is a past Executive Board Member of the American Association of Publishers she has served as a member of the European Executive Council for Outsell a Publishing Member of CrossRef and a Member of the International DOI Foundation Board. since 2012.