Kumsal Bayazit serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Elsevier since February 2019 and holds non-executive director positions at Associated British Foods plc and Preqin. Previously, Kumsal Bayazit was a non-executive director at LSL Property Services plc and regional president for Europe at Reed Exhibitions. Kumsal Bayazit has extensive experience in leadership roles at RELX Group, including Chief Strategy Officer and Chair of the RELX Technology Forum. Earlier career stages include positions at LexisNexis and Bain & Company. Kumsal Bayazit earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.