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Laura Brown has been promoted to senior editor.

Lara Allen joins as rights director, handling single title deals across all imprints/platforms. She was previously rights agent at The Lotts Agency.

Negin Yeganegy and Rachel Addison have been named non-executive directors, both based in the UK. Yeganegy is the managing director of Perfect Moment; Addison is a non-executive director at Marlowe plc and the Hyve Group plc.

Susan McPherson leads the company’s new imprint Esther Press, which will publish “diverse voices that encourage and equip women to walk courageously in the light of God’s truth” starting later this year.

Sam Edenborough at Greyhound Literary will represent Duckworth’s translation rights around the world.