Michael Hansen

Michael E.
Hansen is Chief Executive Officer at Cengage Learning, Inc. since 2012.
He is Chief Executive Officer & Director at Cengage Learning Holdings II, Inc. since 2014.
He serves as Director at the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies and ProPublica, Inc. He is an Independent Director at Talkspace, Inc. since 2022.
Formerly, Mr. Hansen was President & Chief Executive Officer at Harcourt Assessment, Inc. from 2006 to 2011.
He was Chief Executive Officer at Elsevier Health Sciences and Chief Executive Officer-Health Science Business at RELX Plc.
He was Partner and Co-Chairman of eBusiness & Media Practice at The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. He served as President & Director at Elsevier, Inc. He was Regional Account Executive at Scholastic Corp.
from 2011 to 2012.
He was Head of International Operations at Proxicom, Inc. and Executive Vice President-Operational Excellence at Bertelsmann, Inc. Mr. Hansen earned an MBA from The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York and completed graduate studies at the University of Bonn.