People 3/20

Caroline Zancan has been promoted to executive editor.

Lucy Nalen is promoted to senior publicist.

Elizabeth Bryant has launched Truant Media, an editorial services business focused on literary writing, from book manuscripts to shorter works. Previously, she worked as a senior editor at Harper’s Magazine.

Kate Lloyd has joined as literary publicist. She has been an independent publicist since 2011 and previously was deputy director of publicity at Scribner.

Pierre Leroy is retiring and resigned his position as deputy chief executive officer on Tuesday. He now serves as advisor to ceo Arnaud Lagardère. Working at Lagardere for 54 years, Leroy had been chair and ceo of Hachette Livre from 2021 to 2023 as well.

Lagardère said in a release, “Pierre is a man of passion, a loyal servant to the Group and one of the key architects of its development, transformation and many successes. At the head of Hachette Livre between 2021 and 2023, he set the group on a path to global leadership, transformation and adaptation to new uses, with performance levels never achieved before. Pierre is highly respected and held in the utmost esteem by all the group’s employees and stakeholders.”

Board chair Hans-Holger Albrecht will not run for reelection at the company’s annual meeting in May. Albrecht has been chair since 2022. The company will search for a replacement in time for the meeting.

Michael Paull joins as ceo. He was most recently the president of Disney’s direct to consumer businesses overseeing Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+.

The Book Industry Study Group announced the recipients of its Industry Awards, to be honored at the organization’s annual meeting on April 12:

Phil Ollila, chief commercial and content officer at Ingram Content Group, will receive the Sally Dedecker Award for Lifetime Service.

Author Walter Mosley will receive the Industry Champion Award.

Scribd has been named the recipient of the Industry Innovator Award.