Gordon Samson appointed Chief
Product Officer; Mukhtar Ahmed
leaving Clarivate
LONDON, Jan. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Clarivate
plc (NYSE: CLVT), a global leader in providing trusted
information and insights to accelerate the pace of innovation,
today announced that as part of its One Clarivate Vision to put
even greater focus on its customers and solutions, effective
February 1, Gordon Samson will become Chief Product Officer.
Samson, who is currently President of the IP Segment, will support
the four Clarivate customer verticals in this newly created and
focused role. With this change, Mukhtar
Ahmed, President of the Science Segment, will be leaving the
company. Ahmed will work with Samson on the transition of the
Science team and the ProQuest integration until April 1, 2022, then will remain in an advisory
role to the company until his departure on October 1, 2022.
"The creation of the Chief Product Officer role is part of our
continuing efforts to further evolve our organization to be focused
outside-in on our customers and the complete portfolio of solutions
we have to offer them," said Clarivate Executive Chair and Chief
Executive Officer Jerre
Stead. "I'm very pleased that Gordon has agreed to step
into this role as I know he will help us continue to drive growth
and success in our business, while enhancing our focus on bringing
industry-specific, end-to-end solutions for our customers.
"I want to thank Mukhtar for all of his contributions to our
success over the past few years," Stead added. "He helped us make
transformational strides with our product innovation and with the
release of many great products within the Cortellis, HDS and Web of
Science portfolios. His role on our executive leadership team
helped drive our strategy, refine and improve our processes, and
create value for our shareholders and colleagues."
Samson joined Clarivate in October
2020 with the acquisition of CPA Global, having joined CPA
Global in 2014 as Chief Operating Officer. He has more than 30
years of experience in B2B and has held senior executive roles with
both operating and P&L accountability for more than 20
years.
About Clarivate
Clarivate™ is a global leader in
providing trusted information and insights to accelerate the pace
of innovation. Our mission is to help customers solve some of the
world's most complex problems by providing actionable information
and insights that reduce the time from new ideas to life-changing
inventions in the areas of science and intellectual property. We
help customers discover, protect and commercialize their inventions
using our trusted subscription and technology-based solutions
coupled with deep domain expertise. For more information, please
visit clarivate.com.
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