MCKINSTRY
Nancy

• 1. Wolters Kluwer

Nancy McKinstry is an American businesswoman, now living in the Netherlands. She is CEO and chairwoman of the executive board of Wolters Kluwer since September 2003,[1] and a member of the executive board since June 2001.

Wolters Kluwer

Before becoming a CEO of Wolters Kluwer in 2003, McKinstry was chief executive of the company's North American operations and had held a range of senior positions at subsidiaries, including chief executive of CCH Legal Information Services, now a part of Wolters Kluwer's Legal & Regulatory division.

Earlier, McKinstry held product management positions with CCH INCORPORATED, now part of Wolters Kluwer'sTax & Accounting division. She is the Dutch company's first American and first female chief executive.

McKinstry has noted her focus of diversity within the organisation quoting "If you don't have enough diversity at that level, it will be very difficult to get diversity at the most senior levels". As of the end of 2012, Wolters Kluwer had 28% female executives (in 2003, only 20% had top leadership posts), 43% female managers, and 54% female employees.