Novia Executive Team
Dedicated to delivering a leading wealth management service is the highly experienced management team:
Bill Vasilieff - CEO
Bill Vasilieff is the Chief Executive Officer and one of the founders of Novia. Prior to setting up Novia he was one of the four founding directors of Selestia where, having joined in 2001, he spent six years in the role of Marketing Director. Selestia was one of the earliest and most successful fund platforms in the UK. Before this role he was at fund manager M&G where he spent eight years, ending in the role as executive director in charge of product development. Bill has spent most of his career in Marketing but is also an actuary, having qualified in 1986.
Bill believes that, "The investment market for advisers is changing and together with our commitment to first class customer service and our independence of any product provider, Novia will stand out as a full wrap provider with a difference".
A keen Bath rugby supporter, Bill resides in the city with his wife and two children.
Paul Boston - Director of Sales
Paul spent seven years at Selestia helping to launch the platform in November 2001 to the IFA market place.
Paul has helped project manage a large number of IFAs make the transition from traditional transactional selling to relationship based financial advice with the aim of increasing business values, reducing unit cost and mitigating business risk. Paul has also been responsible for starting a new retail insurance business and considers Novia's proposition to the adviser market as, "...the perfect solution for the new adviser business model, post RDR and TCF".
Paul's hobbies involve all sport particularly skiing, travelling, socialising, although most of his time is spent ferrying his three children to various venues. Paul is also IMC qualified.
Shaun Allwright - Director of Business Development
Shaun's worked within the financial services industry for over 20 years in a number of roles varying from product and proposition development to programme management of change programmes. He has experience in both working for large and start up organisations such as M&G Investment Managers and more recently as a senior manager at Selestia.
Shaun believes, "The opportunity at Novia will allow me to be part of an entrepreneurial team providing Financial Advisers with a fully integrated wrap service".
In his spare time Shaun can be found playing golf and, when the opportunity arises, on a number of different courses across many countries.
Richard Denning - Director of Operations
Richard's past experience has seen him work for seven years as Head of Customer Services for Selestia where he was responsible for all areas of service development and delivery. His background also includes working in Customer Services and Project Management at both Prudential and Brittanic Assurance.
Richard comments on Novia's proposition, "Along with the rest of the leadership team, I believe passionately that in today's market clients demand, and have a right to expect, superb quality service through their advisers. With new technology and a high quality client focused team I am highly confident that Novia will help advisers deliver this".
Outside of work Richard supports Crystal Palace, plays golf (badly!) and enjoys travelling with his wife and young son, with whom he shares a very keen interest in Star Wars!
Richard Westlake - Head of Risk and Compliance
Rich has over 20 years experience in financial services senior governance roles and is an experienced interpreter of FSA Rules, Data Protection and Prevention of Financial Crime legislation. Among many achievements, Rich created a compliance regime at Zurich Independent Wealth Management Ltd that was acknowledged as 'the one to be followed by the rest of the ZIWM Ltd Business'. He has worked as an adviser to teams of Wesleyan and Cap Gemini staff designing integrated systems. He also designed and implemented Financial Crime and Data Protection Awareness Training Programmes for 3000+ Financial Advisers and Support staff at Openwork.
Academics include Certificate in Mortgage Advice & Practice, the CII Certificate in Financial Planning, Diploma in Business Studies and Financial Accounting and the ICA UK Diploma in Anti Money Laundering.
Rich enjoys playing and watching a variety of team and individual sports and is a keen motorcyclist and golfer.
Martin Broomfield - Head of Marketing
Martin has many years experience in financial services marketing in both line management roles and consultancy.
At Bristol & West he held a number of roles to director level working on new product developments, channel developments and communication campaigns to both consumer and broker channels. More recently he has undertaken consultancy roles in both professional and financial services working on both strategic and operational projects. Martin's reason for joining Novia, "I've always enjoyed the challenge of innovation and this was an opportunity too good to miss - a rapidly changing market and the chance to create something different''.
Martin's also a Mentor to new high growth companies within SetSquared - a university-backed incubation organisation. Martin holds an MBA from Aston University and his interests include coaching junior rugby and he also enjoys tennis and golf.
Dominic Easton - Head of Finance
Dominic is a qualified accountant with 10 years experience in the financial services sector. He commenced his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers before moving on to a more commercial role at Standard Chartered Bank where he provided financial support for the Corporate Banking and trading teams. In 2003 Dominic moved to Beazley Group plc as Head of Management Reporting where he was responsible for Executive reporting, budgeting and forecasting.
Dominic says of Novia, "This is a fantastic opportunity in a rapidly changing market to work with people who have a track record of pushing the boundaries. I believe Novia will genuinely fulfil both client and adviser needs and provide a high quality complete wrap service".
Dominic enjoys sailing and playing squash in his spare time and is also a keen rugby fan. Having relocated for this role, he is looking forward to living so close to the Rec!
Scott Caine – Head of Client Services
Scott has worked within the financial services industry for 15 years in a number of high profile companies including The Bank of New York, and HSBC. Prior to joining Novia, Scott lead the successful development and implementation of the trading and servicing areas within the administration operation at Selestia.
Scott joined Novia to take the opportunity to work with other like-minded individuals who consider quality, integrity and client service to be paramount to the success of a full wrap administration business.
Scott spends his spare time with his family and has a keen interest in international travel.
