Simon & Schuster Australia has promoted Lou Johnson to managing director. Johnson has been with the company since July 2008 as sales and marketing director. The announcement is part of a strategic realignment of S&S’s international operations, with responsibility and business support for S&S Australia moving from New York to the UK, under MD Ian Chapman. Johnson will report to Kerr MacRae, executive director of S&S UK. S&S Australia’s finance, information systems, production and business functions will be handled by the UK office.