Penguin Group ceo John Makinson and Penguin USA ceo David Shanks further addressed some of the company’s recent changes in Canada in a phone interview yesterday (as well as in interviews with Canadian media, excerpted below). Makinson underscored that the board-in-formation for Penguin Canada “is not going to run anything” and the job of the new board chairman, who has been identified but is still resolving other commitments, “will not be an executive function.” While the new post “will be a part-time role,” Makinson sees the board as a providing “a really useful way of thinking” about strategic issues and […]
