January 13, 2026 — Leads & Copy — Wiley (NYSE: WLY) has appointed Armughan Rafat as chief AI and data services officer to lead the company’s AI and data services initiatives, focusing on developing and commercializing AI-ready content and data products for AI developers and corporate R&D teams.
Rafat will report to President and CEO Matt Kissner and join the company’s Executive Leadership Team.
Wiley has advanced its position in AI and data services with initiatives and strategic partnerships over the past year, generating nearly $100 million in AI licensing revenue since January 2024. Wiley’s partnerships include AI innovators such as Anthropic, Amazon Web Services, Perplexity, and Mistral AI. The company launched Wiley’s AI Gateway, an interoperable research intelligence platform, and executed subscription licensing agreements with corporations developing vertical-specific AI applications in sectors including pharma and energy. Wiley has also expanded its spectral database collection used in government and corporate labs worldwide.
Kissner said that Rafat is joining the company at an extraordinary time as AI-related demand for their content and data accelerates across industry verticals.
Rafat previously served as chief analytics officer at Norstella, where he drove AI-powered innovation in pharma and healthcare. He also served as chief data officer at Clarivate, where he led the company’s data strategy and operations, delivering intelligence products for life sciences, pharma, financial and legal markets. Rafat has also held leadership positions at the Advertising Specialty Institute and Thomson Reuters, co-founded and sold an ad tech startup, and holds patents for AI and analytics technologies.
According to Rafat, Wiley publishes content, including nearly 2,000 academic journals, which represents the verified, foundational truth that the global market requires to advance. He says the focus will be to deliver prescriptive intelligence that transforms scientific knowledge into an actionable catalyst for global progress.
Wiley combines trusted publishing heritage with AI-powered platforms to transform how knowledge is discovered, accessed, and applied. From individual researchers and students to Fortune 500 R&D teams, Wiley enables the transformation of scientific breakthroughs into real-world impact.
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Matt Kissner, President and CEO
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