Wolters Kluwer division CEO Karen Abramson recognized as Female Executive of the Year with 2021 Silver Stevie® Award for Women in Business

Today, Wolters Kluwer announced that Karen Abramson, chief executive officer of the Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting division, was awarded a Silver Stevie® Award in the Female Executive of the Year ? Business Products category of the 18^th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business. Abramson was recognized for her executive leadership, fostering a culture of innovation, and bringing groundbreaking solutions to market.

The Stevie Awards for Women in Business honor women executives, entrepreneurs, employees, and the companies they run? worldwide. The Stevie Awards have been hailed as the world's premier business awards. Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners were determined by the average scores of more than 160 business professionals around the world, working on eight juries.

"I am very grateful to receive this recognition and see it as a true testament to the work of our entire Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting team. Their diverse, innovative mindset, collaborative spirit, and unrelenting commitment to customer excellence inspire me every day," said Karen Abramson, chief executive officer, Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting.

Since becoming the division's CEO in 2013, Karen Abramson has championed technology innovation across the organization, launching award-winning products that help tax, accounting, audit, and finance professionals modernize and grow their businesses and firms through digital transformation. Over the years, she has been repeatedly recognized by the industry for her leadership and focus on bringing innovations into products. Karen Abramson has been named six times among the 25 most powerful women in the accounting profession by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and CPA Practice Advisor. She was also recently honored by the 2019 SIIA CODiEtm Awards with the CEO of the Year Award and received the Woman of the Year Award from the Business Intelligence Group in the 2019 BIG Awards for Business.

About the Stevie Awards

Stevie Awards are conferred in eight programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, the Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards The American Business Awards®, The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 12,000 entries each year from organizations in more than 70 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at http://www.StevieAwards.com.

About Wolters Kluwer

Wolters Kluwer (WKL) is a global leader in professional information, software solutions, and services for the healthcare; tax and accounting; governance, risk and compliance; and legal and regulatory sectors. We help our customers make critical decisions every day by providing expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge with advanced technology and services.

Wolters Kluwer reported 2020 annual revenues of ?4.6 billion. The group serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs approximately 19,200 people worldwide. The company is headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands.

Wolters Kluwer shares are listed on Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. Wolters Kluwer has a sponsored Level 1 American Depositary Receipt (ADR) program. The ADRs are traded on the over-the-counter market in the U.S. (WTKWY).

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