John Wiley has appointed Ellis Cousens executive v-p, chief financial and operations officer. Cousens, who will join Wiley on March 19, has been senior v-p and CFO at Bookspan, and he will succeed Bob Wilder, who is retiring. Cousens helped launch Bookspan, the book club formed through the joint venture between Doubleday Direct and Book-of-the-Month Club. Prior to joining Bookspan, Cousens had been v-p and global CFO of bol.com. Will Pesce, Wiley president and CEO, said Cousens's "proven track record identifying, consummating and integrating strategic acquisitions and alliances will be of tremendous value to us."