Elizabeth Munn

Experience

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  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

  Sept 1994 - Sept 1996

  Product Manager
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  Elsevier

  Sept 1996 - Jan 2001

  Senior Marketing Manager, Medical Reference
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  Hodder & Stoughton

  Jan 2001 - Mar 2002

  Head of Marketing, Educational Division

  Set Marketing strategy for journals, reference and textbooks for Hodder Headline’s education and medical publishing division.

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  Elsevier

  Mar 2002 - now

  I am responsible for the development and execution of the overall vision, strategy and P+L for Elsevier's Education EMEALAAP segment. Core responsibilities include: development of segment strategy and drive strategy execution, determine customer needs, develop and bring to market new products with a focus on electronic workflow solutions, increase sales and profitability (P&L), define overarching content portfolio strategy for Medical and Nursing Education. All based on deep customer insights across all stages of the product life cycle, A mission-critical position that transforms how Elsevier reaches and interacts with medical, nursing and other health professional students, faculties and schools. I am responsible for serving and delighting these customer groups across all related electronic and print products and integrated product solutions. I also lead the local teams of Education Consultants whose responsibility is to drive adoptions in medical and nursing schools for Elsevier's content, provide market intelligence back to product and content teams, and create leads for the institutional sales team. I also lead global change management programs that transform and modernise practice, process and organization. Show less Leads the content strategy, planning and acquisition for the entire EMEALAAP health care portfolio across both print and electronic media, covering the needs of a wide range of medical professionals and students across medicine, nursing and health professions• Direct P+L responsibility for front list and global content rights • Works across all product types including books, e-books, e-platforms and e-solutions. • Innovates, optimizes and delivers a strategic portfolio of customer focussed content and products that drive revenue growth and meet profit hurdles• Leads global change management programs that transform and modernise practice, process and organisation • Leads/manages content staff in offices in France, Spain, Germany, Mexico, Brazil, UK, India, Australia, Japan, China, Korea and Taiwan • Creates content for local products (print and electronic) with value in excess of $240M annually Show less Develop and implement the S & T Book’s Professional publishing strategy within Engineering, Computing, Security and UK Local. Position sits on the management team for S & T Books and has significant input into the strategic direction and talent management for all of the division. • Responsible for innovating and driving new e-solution products for professionals including Plastics Explorer (in development) and Reservoir Navigator (in development). Manage e-learning portfolio for CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants)• Strong financial management of portfolio resulting in gross margin of over 64% across all areas.• Instrumental in the business case development and ultimate acquisition of 3 publishing companies: William Andrew Publishing, Estates Gazette Publishing and Anderson Publishing.• Manage a team of 45 staff and responsible for revenues of almost $50m annually. Show less

  • Managing Director, Global Medical Education

    Mar 2021 - now

  • Managing Director, Education, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia Pacific

    Jul 2018 - now

  • Managing Director, Content: Europe, Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia Pacific, Health

    Jul 2013 - Jul 2018

  • Vice President Publishing, Health Sciences EMEA LA

    Apr 2010 - Jun 2013

  • Publishing Director, S & T Books

    Aug 2008 - Apr 2010

  • Director of EMEA Marketing and Foreign Rights, S & T Books

    Feb 2007 - Jul 2008

  • Marketing Segment Director, Medical Practitioners

    Mar 2002 - Feb 2007