C.e.o. David Young

Hachette Book Group has appointed Evan Schnittman to the role of executive vice president, chief marketing and sales officer, with Schnittman leaving Bloomsbury to take up the post in New York. Schnittman, who was managing director, group sales and marketing, print and digital, at Bloomsbury, will have responsibility for the sales and marketing direction for HBG, a division of Hachette Livre. He will also oversee HBG's sales management, marketing communications, advertising and promotions, and the market research and analytics groups. He will start at HBG on 7th May, having worked at Bloomsbury since August 2010.