De Wet named acting editor at Business Insider South Africa

Phillip de Wet, deputy editor at Business Insider SA, will be taking over as acting editor as former editor Helena Wasserman departs for Fin24.

Previously, de Wet was with Mail & Guardian for more than 5 years. There, he has served as acting deputy editor, news editor and associate editor. He also worked freelance for some time and was founding deputy editor of Daily Maverick.

He was also a contributing editor at Stuff Magazine and Mail & Guardian. He was also founding joint editor at Empire magazine and has also worked for The Media, Tectonic, ThisDay, Brainstorm magazine, and ITWeb.

de Wet holds a B.A. in journalism and media studies from the University of Witwatersrand.