AMSTERDAM, September 13 /PRNewswire/ --     Elsevier today announced the appointment of Roy Jakobs as
Managing Director, Academic and Government Sales and Customer Marketing. In
this role, Jakobs will lead the global sales and marketing organization
working directly with universities and institutions to provide some of the
world's leading research information solutions, including ScienceDirect,
Scopus, bibliographic databases such as the CrossFire Beilstein database, and
Elsevier's extensive collection of online books and reference works.

Jakobs brings to his new position relevant experience in
strategic planning, sales and marketing from in- and outside the information
solutions industry. He most recently served as Director of Strategy, Science
and Technology, at Elsevier. Prior to joining Elsevier in 2005 he held
various management roles within Shell in several locations across Europe.

"We have tremendous opportunities to create new value for our
customers and end users in the research community," said Jakobs. "Our
customers are engaged in some of the most critically important work there is.
My highest priority will be to continue to build on our understanding of
their content and workflow needs, and create solutions that help them to be
more efficient and more effective."

Roy Jakobs succeeds Frank Vrancken Peeters, Managing Director A&G
Sales and Customer Marketing. He will continue to report to Herman van
Campenhout, CEO Elsevier Science and Technology.

About Elsevier

Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and
Medical information products and services. Working in partnership with the
Global science and health communities, Elsevier's 7,000 employees in over 70
Offices worldwide publish more than 2,000 journals and 1,900 new books per
year, in addition to offering a suite of innovative electronic products, such
as ScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com/), MD Consult (
http://www.mdconsult.com/), Scopus (http://www.info.scopus.com/),
bibliographic databases, and online reference works.

Elsevier (http://www.elsevier.com/) is a global business headquartered in
Amsterdam, The Netherlands and has offices worldwide. Elsevier is part of
Reed Elsevier Group plc (http://www.reedelsevier.com/), a world-leading
publisher and information provider. Operating in the science and medical,
legal, education and business-to-business sectors, Reed Elsevier provides
high-quality and flexible information solutions to users, with increasing
emphasis on the Internet as a means of delivery. Reed Elsevier's ticker
symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and
ENL (New York Stock Exchange).

Contact:
    
    Shira Tabachnikoff
    +31-20-485-2736
    s.tabachnikoff@elsevier.com