Sesame Bankhall Group names Paul Wilson as chief operating officer

Formerly chief marketing officer at Aviva

Jaskeet Briah
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Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has appointed Paul Wilson as its new chief operating officer, effective 3 July.

Wilson takes over from Richard Howells who held the position for over two years and left the business to take up a new role elsewhere in the industry. He joins from Aviva where he was chief marketing officer for over three years, after which he held the role of connected propositions director as of January this year. Prior to this, Wilson was director of Consulting at Barclays Wealth and divisional director of business development at St James's Place. John Cowan, interim chief executive at SBG, commented that Wilson has experience and expertise in strategy, transformation, marketin...

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