Michael Ekkehard Hansen is a German lawyer who is the chief executive officer of Cengage Learning.
Hansen joined the Boston Consulting Group in New York in 1989, staying for 11 years.
[1][4] After serving briefly as head of international operations at Proxicom, an internet focused technology company, he moved to Bertelsmann, a German media corporation, as executive Vice President of Operational Excellence.
[1] On August 14, 2006, he became the President and Chief Executive Officer of Harcourt Assessment, the educational materials arm of Reed Elsevier.
Since September 17, 2012, Hansen has been the CEO of Delmar-Cengage Learning and Cengage Learning Holdings II, Inc.[1][4] He has worked on the financial restructuring of the company, which involved filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, eliminating approximately $4 billion in funded debt and securing $1.75 billion in exit financing.