Cengage Learning CEO and leadership

Michael Ekkehard Hansen is the chief executive officer of Cengage Learning. Hansen specialises in the evolution of the educational publishing industry, especially the transition the industry is making from print to digital and the development of new digital product lines.

Bob Munro is an Exec VP/Chief Financial Officer at Cengage Learning Holdings II Inc. He has worked as Chief Financial Officer at Callcredit Information Group and CFO:Elsevier Health at Reed Elsevier PLC. Bob works or has worked at Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP. He attended UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX.

Kermit Cook is Chief Operating Officer for Cengage. In this role, Mr. Cook is responsible for leading critical, transformative functions and projects across the organization, including Supply Chain & Distribution, Human Resources and Cengage’s COVID-19 Planning & Response team. In addition, Mr. Cook is responsible for Cengage’s K-12 business.



Prior to joining Cengage, and since 2007, Mr. Cook worked in a variety of roles at KKR Capstone. Most recently, Mr. Cook served as Co-Head of KKR Capstone in the Americas and was a member of KKR’s Portfolio Management Committees for Americas Private Equity and Special Situations. Mr. Cook also led KKR Capstone’s value creation efforts for KKR’s special situations and credit investing platforms. Mr. Cook has worked with numerous KKR portfolio companies globally, including Cengage, where he became an increasingly integral part of the organization by serving on its Board of Directors for more than two years. While at KKR Capstone, Mr. Cook worked in New York, Sydney, Hong Kong, and Menlo Park. While based in Hong Kong and Sydney for over five years, Mr. Cook helped to develop KKR Capstone in Asia and Australia. Prior to KKR Capstone, Mr. Cook worked for Teach for America in St. Louis and McKinsey & Company in Boston.



Mr. Cook holds a B.A. and B.E. from Dartmouth College, and an M.B.A. and M.A. Ed from Stanford University.

Laura Stevens is a Chief Legal Officer at Cengage Learning.

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