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Wasserman named editor of Business Insider South Africa

Helena Wasserman

Helena Wasserman has been named the editor of the new Business Insider South Africa website.

Wasserman has more than 20 years’ experience working for some of South Africa’s leading business titles, including Finweek, Fin24 and Sake24.

“Our team is looking forward to showcase the most exciting new developments in SA business and finance,” said Wasserman in a statement. “Our aim is to empower the country’s next generation of executives with all the information they need, minus the boring bits.”

Phillip de Wet has been appointed as associate editor. He is currently associate editor of Mail & Guardian.

The site is expected to launch next month.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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