Pearson CEO Scardino to step down

Pearson, the FTSE 100 education and publishing firm which labels itself as a 'leading learning company', has announced that its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Marjorie Scardino has decided to call it quits at the end of the year.

Pearson, the FTSE 100 education and publishing firm which labels itself as a 'leading learning company', has announced that its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Marjorie Scardino has decided to call it quits at the end of the year.

Having led the firm since January 1997, Scardino is one of the FTSE 100's longest-serving CEOs. She is also the Chairman of the MacArthur Foundation, Vice Chairman of Nokia and a director of Oxfam.

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