EXECUTIVE MOVES
executive moves Adtalem Global Education Higher education provider Adtalem Global Education has announced that its next group president, financial services will be Stephen Beard, replacing Mehul Patel, who is resigning his post at the end of the month to pursue another opportunity outside the education industry. Beard joined the organisation in 2018 as senior vice-president, general counsel and corporate secretary, before taking on the role of chief operating officer last year. He was previously executive vice-president, chief administrative officer and general counsel of Heidrick & Struggles International, where he oversaw a variety of enterprise-level functions, including strategy and corporate development and directed global legal operations for the company. In addition, Chaka Patterson is being promoted to Adtalem’s general counsel and corporate secretary. Patterson joined the organisation in 2018 as vice-president, deputy general counsel. He previously held various leadership positions in the public and private sector, including chief of the Civil Actions Bureau in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, partner at Jones Day, and vice-president and treasurer of Exelon Corporation.
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Patel and Patterson will report directly to chairman and chief executive Lisa Wardell.
ApplyBoard International student recruitment online platform ApplyBoard has appointed Jo Johnson as chairman to its advisory board. Johnson the former UK minister of state for universities, science, research and innovation – and brother of the UK prime minister Boris. Johnson is also the non-executive chairman of TES Global, owner of the Times Educational Supplement and a UK peer-to-peer marketplace for teacher resources, recruitment, and software services. He previously spent 13 years at the Financial Times, where he was associate editor. ApplyBoard is headquartered in Kitchener, Ontario.
Barnes & Noble Education Barnes & Noble Education (BNED), a provider of educational products and services for higher education and K12, has appointed Jonathan Shar as executive vice-president, retail and client solutions, with responsibility for the growth and profitability of the retail segment. He joined the company in 2018. Shar was previously senior vice-president,
revenue and product development for the company. Before that, he was chief marketing officer at Akademos, an e-commerce and digital marketing company that provides online bookstore services. He was previously general manager of NOOK digital content at Barnes & Noble and before that senior vice-president and general manager at CNNMoney. Earlier he was vice-president of consumer marketing at Sports Illustrated Group and director of consumer marketing for Fortune Magazine Group. The Basking Ridge, New Jersey-based company also announced that Lisa Malat has been appointed president of Barnes & Noble College (BNC), with responsibility for the growth and profitability of BNC, providing strategic direction and operational leadership across the business, which manages campus bookstores and e-commerce sites in the US. She became chief operating officer of BNC in 2018. She joined the company in 1996, and has held various senior executive positions including chief marketing officer and vice-president of Operations. Prior to joining BNC she held several senior level roles within the Macy’s organisation. Both Shar and Malat will continue to report directly to Michael P Huseby, BNED’s chairman and chief executive.
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EducationInvestor Global • March 2020
