McGraw Hill CEO and leadership

Simon Allen was named CEO of McGraw-Hill in October 2019. Previously he served as President of the company’s Higher Ed and International business units. He rejoined McGraw-Hill in March 2018.

Simon has deep experience in educational publishing having led large teams across six continents focused on K-12 and higher education, as well as science, technical and medical digital and print products for professional, governmental and institutional markets.

Before joining McGraw-Hill, Simon was the CEO of Macmillan Education, leading the company’s transition from print to blended learning products and solutions. Previously, he was Senior Vice President, International at The McGraw-Hill Companies and during that time was elected President of The Publishers Association in the U.K., serving for three years on its council. Before that, Simon was President, Higher Education at both Pearson Education EMEA and Prentice Hall Europe. Earlier in his career, he held sales leadership roles with the Times Mirror Group in the U.S., Europe and the Middle East.

Simon received his BA with honors from Middlesex University School of Business and completed Executive Education programs in Leadership and Strategic Management at the London Business School.

Angelo Degenaro is a Chief Information Officer of Global Operations & Infrastructure at The McGraw-Hill Companies at McGraw-Hill Education.

Catherine Mathis is a Chief Communications Officer at McGraw-Hill Education and Chief Communication Officer at McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings LLC. She has worked as Senior VP:Corp Communications at The New York Times, Senior VP:Mktg & Communications at S&P Global Ratings, and Director:Investor Relations at The New York Times. Catherine studied at University of Minnesota Duluth.

Garet Guthrie is a Sr VP:Financial Planning & Analysis at S&P GLOBAL INC., Chief Financial Officer at McGraw-Hill Education, and Chief Financial Officer at McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings LLC. He has worked as Senior VP:Financial Planning & Analysis at Mcgraw-Hill Cos.. Garet studied at Texas A&M University and Oklahoma State University.

Irene McGuinness is a Chief Sales Officer at McGraw-Hill Education and is based in La Grange Park, Illinois. She has worked as District Sales Manager at Pearson Prentice Hall. Irene works or has worked as VP Central Region Sales at McGraw-Hill Education at S&P GLOBAL INC.. She studied at University of Illinois and DePaul University.

Kent Peterson is a Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer at McGraw-Hill Education and is based in Greater Chicago Area. He has worked as Vice President, National Sales Region at McGraw-Hill Education; Vice President, Marketing & Commercial Strategy at McGraw-Hill Education; and Vice President, Strategic Sales Management at McGraw-Hill Education. Kent attended The University of Iowa Tippie College of Business.

Marty Lange are a SVP, Chief Product & Operating Officer at McGraw-Hill Education and are based in United States. They have worked as VP, Director of Marketing at McGraw-Hill Education; VP, Digital Product Management & Product Marketing at McGraw-Hill Education; and Director of Marketing at Shepherd Center. Marty studied at University of Northern Iowa.