New abacus rattler at Reed Elsevier

published 16 August 2012

Publishing group Reed Elsevier has announced the appointment of Duncan Palmer as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO), having lured him away from US company Owens Corning.

Palmer will take over from Mark Armour, who is retiring at the end of the year.

Prior to working for building products supplier Owens Corning, Palmer worked in a number of senior finance roles for Royal Dutch Shell in the UK, the Netherlands and the US. He has dual UK and US citizenship. He also serves as a non-Executive Director of Oshkosh Corporation.