Juta appoints new CEO

Lynne du Toit has been appointed as CEO of Juta and Company Ltd., one of South Africa's oldest publishing houses (established 1853).

Lynne assumes immediate responsibility for overseeing the respective Juta business units and brings to the company a broad spectrum of publishing expertise across a range of formats and distribution channels. Formerly trade sales and marketing director at Oxford University Press, southern Africa, Lynne was most recently engaged as a global director for Disney Publishing Worldwide, a division of the Walt Disney Company.