Michiel Kolman

Michiel is Senior Vice President at Elsevier and Chair of the Inclusive Literacy and Publishing Committee of the International Publishers Association, where he was also former President. 

Previously he worked for Wolters Kluwer in a division that is now part of Springer Nature. He holds a degree from Leiden University, the Netherlands and a PhD in astrophysics from Columbia University, New York. 

Michiel serves on the board of the Accessible Books Consortium and the board of the Workplace Pride Foundation supporting LGBTIQ workplace inclusion. He is the executive sponsor of Elsevier Pride and has been listed twice in the FT’s Top100 most influential LGBTIQ senior executives.