Amanda Ridout, managing director of Phaidon Press, will leave the company next month "to pursue personal projects." The Bookseller reported that Ridout joined the publisher in August 2010, having left HarperCollins the previous year. Her departure comes four months after the company's acquisition by the family of private equity billionaire Leon D. Black.
"Phaidon Press is a wonderful business with extraordinary product, a powerful brand and a genuine global reach," Ridout said. "I wish the company, the team and all the creative contributors the very best for many exciting and successful years ahead."
Phaidon's CEO David Davies said Ridout has "played a key role in the recent growth of Phaidon and we all wish her the very best with her new projects."
