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| James Johnston | |
James Johnston has been named chief financial officer of Penguin Random House, both in the U.S. and globally. He has been with the company for 28 years, for much of the time in finance at Knopf Publishing Group, where his most recent position was director, business operations. He then moved to the corporate finance team and held several positions and was deputy CFO since 2015.
CEO Markus Dohle commented in part: "Jim understands inside and out how our company ticks and works, and he consistently demonstrates a considered pragmatism, natural calm, and genuine enthusiasm for our publishing efforts. Through his astute analysis and insights, Jim plays a key role supporting our decisions regarding content acquisitions, sales, and publishing operations. Jim's leadership on our finance team and across the company has been characterized as solutions-minded, collaborative, and service-oriented. He is not only a dependable adviser to me and to our CEOs and CFOs around the world, but also to our publishers and business managers--and to our shareholders."
Johnston replaces Milena Alberti, who left the company at the end of 2017. Johnston had been heading the finance group since then.