Pearson has been trying since December to replace outgoing CEO John Fallon, whose tumultuous seven-year tenure saw a collapse in demand for traditional higher education courseware in the United States and a rapid switch to online learning and digital publishing.
LONDON: Pearson Plc has named former Walt Disney Co executive Andy Bird as its next chief executive officer (CEO) to guide the education company out of a long slump that led to a string of profit warnings.
Pearson has been trying since December to replace outgoing CEO John Fallon, whose tumultuous seven-year tenure saw a collapse in demand for traditional higher education courseware in the United States and a rapid switch to online learning and digital publishing.
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