Novus Holdings (JSE: NVS), market leader in the printing and manufacturing sector, has appointed Liesl Petersen as Company Secretary with effect 1 January 2016.

Petersen, a qualified attorney with a LLB and a LLM degree from the University of the Western Cape, also holds a Certificate in Compliance Management. She joined Novus Holdings as Corporate Governance Manager in October 2015 having previously worked at Amdec Group where she fulfilled the role of Group Company Secretary and Legal Advisor.

“We are pleased to welcome Liesl to our Group and have no doubt that she will add great value to the business given her extensive experience and skills,” says Stephen van der Walt, CEO of Novus Holdings.

Novus Holdings, previously known as the Paarl Media Group, operates 12 specialised printing plants and one tissue plant across South Africa. The company services the country and customers across the African continent through its print production of all medium to long run requirements of magazines, retail inserts, catalogues, books, newspapers, commercial work, labels, educational materials, as well as providing digital printing and manufacturing of tissue products.