Wiley Announces Ella Balagula as New EVP of Publishing Business

Global research and learning company John Wiley and Sons, Inc. announced that Ella Balagula has been named Wiley’s new executive vice president.

Prior to joining Wiley, Balagula was senior vice president and general manager of Engineering Solutions at Elsevier, one of the world’s largest providers of scientific, medical, and technology information. Before Elsevier, she was a principal for A.T. Kearney in their Pharma and Healthcare Division, where she led teams that managed large strategic and operational projects for global Fortune 500 clients. Previous to A.T. Kearney, Balagula worked for Citibank and Towers Perrin. She holds an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management and an MS in Mathematics from Odessa National University in the Ukraine.

“Ella Balagula is precisely the kind of world-class change leader we need to optimize our unique and valuable publishing assets – including our STM, professional, and education book content, brands, franchise authors, customers and partnerships,” said Matthew Kissner, interim chief executive officer and chairman. “Time and again, Ella has proven herself in the development of successful new business models, redesign of product platforms, transformation of product development mindsets and procedures, buildout of innovative partnerships, and the realization of meaningful revenue and profitability growth.”