Vertis has appointed Ruaraidh Thomas to succeed Alistair Ezzy as UK sales director.

Thomas has been with Vertis, and before that Colorgraphic, since 1997. He was previously business development director. In his new role he will be responsible for increasing production of highly personalised and targeted direct mail. Ezzy left Vertis to join the Iceberg direct marketing agency, previously part of Vertis (PrintWeek,
6 July 2001).