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[{"type":"text","content":"\n CSS Stellar PLC\n12 September 2007\n\n\n\n\n\nFor Immediate Release 12 September 2007\n\n\n CSS Stellar plc\n\n Caroline Michel to head PFD and join CSS Stellar Board\n\n\nThe Board of CSS Stellar plc ('CSS' or 'the Group') is pleased to announce the\nappointment of Caroline Michel as chief executive of PFD, its international\nliterary and talent agency. She will also join the CSS board as an executive\ndirector.\n\n\nSince 2005 Caroline Michel has been Managing Director of the William Morris\nAgency in the UK, the US owned international literary and talent agency. Before\njoining WMA she was Managing Director and Publisher of Harper Press, the\nliterary division of Harper Collins, following ten years as Publisher of\nVintage, the paperback division of Random House. She was one of the Founder\nDirectors of Bloomsbury Publishing, is a Governor of the British Film Institute\n(BFI), a Board Member of PEN - the community for writers and readers around the\nworld - and was on the Man Booker Prize Committee for five years.\n\n\nShe has represented and published writers such as Jeanette Winterson, Ian\nMcEwan, Rose Tremain, Salman Rushdie, AS Byatt, Simon Schama, Lisa Jardine, and\nMartin Amis.\n\n\nJim Wiatt, Chairman and Chief Executive William Morris, said: 'Caroline Michel\nhas been a tremendous colleague and friend over the past two years and has\nplayed a key role in the success of our U.K. based business. I'm incredibly\npleased that she has the opportunity to take the next step in her career and we\nwish her the best of luck.'\n\n\nDavid Buchler, Executive Chairman of CSS, said: 'This is part of the long-term\nre-shaping of CSS, as we seek out the right people across all our business areas\nand place them within the Group to make significant impact over the long term.\nCaroline has a terrific reputation and she has the ability to make a very\nimportant contribution. Her departure from WMA is entirely amicable and she will\njoin us shortly.'\n\n\nCaroline Michel said: 'The opportunity to join PFD at this time in its history\nis unmissable. The challenge is to build on the company's successes and develop\nthe business recognising that the entertainment sector is the fastest growing\nindustry in the world. We must take full advantage of the range and scope of\npossibilities this presents to our agency business and in particular...