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Appointment of Luca Provolo as Head of Sales
Appointment of Luca Provolo as Head of Sales.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 4744O Directa Plus PLC 21 August 2017 \n\n21 August 2017\n \nDirecta Plus plc\n(\"Directa Plus\" or the \"Company\")\n \nAppointment of Luca Provolo as Head of Sales\n \nDirecta Plus (AIM: DCTA), one of the largest producers and suppliers of graphene-based products for use in consumer and industrial markets, is pleased to announce the appointment of Luca Provolo as Head of Sales with effect from 4 September 2017. \n \nLuca Provolo is an established professional in the textiles sector and brings to the Company significant experience in sales and business development, having worked for over 25 years at W.L. Gore & Associates, the producer of technologically-advanced fabrics such as GORE-TEX® and Windstopper®. Between 2010 and 2015, he was European Sales Leader for the Workwear Division, prior to which he spent nearly two decades as Country Sales Leader in the Technical Fabrics Division in Italy, Spain, Portugal and Romania overseeing sales and brand development. Before working in the textiles sector, he was responsible for developing new markets in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Taiwan at ceramics company Vetrerie Riunite SpA. \n \nAs Head of Sales, Luca will be tasked with building upon his proven track record of business sales across Europe and Asia and identifying new opportunities, primarily in the textiles sector for developing partnerships with new customers. He will also be responsible for building upon and strengthen the sales function within Directa Plus, as the Company increasingly moves from its R&D phase into the sales and commercialisation phase. \n \nLuca Provolo said: \"It is a great pleasure to join Directa Plus as its Head of Sales. Directa Plus has a great reputation not only for its cutting-edge G+ technology, but also for the Company's conscientious approach of partnering with potential customers at an early stage and working closely with them to develop graphene solutions suited to their consumers' needs. There is enormous potential for the incorporation of G+ in textiles and I look forward to further developing these opportunities.\" \n \nGiulio Cesareo, Chief Executive Officer of Directa Plus, added: \"I am delighted to welcome Luca to Directa Plus. He possesses a considerable skillset and network of contacts that enable him to strat...