Justine Le Cates
About Justine Le Cates
Justine Le Cates is the SVP of Strategy and Finance at Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Penguin Random House, with extensive experience in finance and strategic roles within the publishing industry.
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Justine Le Cates is the Senior Vice President of Strategy and Finance at Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, which is part of Penguin Random House. She is currently based in New York, NY.
Career at Penguin Random House
Justine Le Cates has had a long-standing career at Penguin Random House. She started as a Senior Financial Analyst from 1998 to 2001 in New York, NY. She then moved on to become Manager of Financial Planning & Reporting for a year. For 11 years, from 2003 to 2014, she served as VP & Director of Business Operations. Subsequent roles included VP Strategic Finance from 2016 to 2018, VP, Director of US Finance from 2018 to 2020, and SVP, Director of US Finance in 2020. She is now serving as the SVP, Strategy and Finance at Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
International Experience
Before her current role, Justine Le Cates gained international experience at Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, S.A.U, based in the Barcelona Area, Spain. She served as Controller Editorial from 2014 to 2016. This experience added to her versatility and broadened her perspective within the publishing industry.
Educational Background
Justine Le Cates holds a BA from Princeton University, where she studied Economics and Latin American Studies, completing her degree between 1990 and 1995. She also attended Lycée Cambridge for a year and spent twelve years at Toronto French School, highlighting a strong educational foundation. She is fluent in English, French, and Spanish, with basic knowledge of Catalan.
Early Career
Justine Le Cates began her career at Price Waterhouse Coopers as a Staff Consultant from 1995 to 1998. This role provided her with essential skills in finance and consulting, underpinning her later success in the publishing industry.