Wesleyan bids to double sales team

The Society, which provides tailored financial services for doctors, dentists, lawyers and teachers, plans to create jobs for over 100 financial consultants. It will recruit from its own training academy to ensure that the vacancies are filled with candidates of the right calibre, including those who already have some knowledge of Wesleyan's core markets. The Wesleyan Academy programme provides a mix of theory and on-the-job training. Ian Lazenby, sales director at Wesleyan, explained: "We want to change the profile of the typical financial consultant and will be training men and women...