Novia expands sales team

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Novia, the new wrap provider set up by Selestia co-founder Bill Vasilieff, has appointed a director of sales and a regional sales manager for the North East.

Paul Boston joins as director of sales from Selestia Investment Solutions, part of the Skandia group, where he was national sales manager. He will join Novia later this year and will be part of the Novia executive management team, working alongside Shaun Allwright as director of business development, and Richard Denning as director of operations, reporting into CEO Vasilieff. Boston was at Selestia for seven years and helped launch the platform to market in November 2001. Meanwhile, Chris French has been appointed as regional sales manager for the North East. French has 21 years...

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