Sanoma?s Board of Directors has appointed Rob Kolkman as President of Sanoma Corporation as of 1 January 2024. Rob succeeds Susan Duinhoven, who will continue as executive advisor to the company until the end of March 2024 to support a solid transition to the new CEO and assist in strategic projects. Rob Kolkman has worked with Sanoma and been a member of the Executive Management Team since 2019.

First he worked as the CEO of Sanoma Media Netherlands until the divestment of the SBU in April 2020, and has since then worked as the CEO of Sanoma Learning. Prior to Sanoma, Rob worked in several executive roles at RELX Group for 15 years being based in the Netherlands, UK and Australia. His latest position at RELX was the Group Managing Director of Reed Business Information in London.

Earlier, he has also worked in managerial roles at BPP Professional Education in the Netherlands. Rob was born in 1972 and he is a Dutch citizen residing in Finland since 2020. He holds an MBA from NIMBAS, Bradford ?

Graduate School of Management and Master of Economics (Accountancy) from VU Amsterdam. In his role as President of Sanoma Corporation, Rob will continue to lead Sanoma Learning together with a recently further strengthened Learning leadership team.