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Press releaseKAREN JONES JOINS NATIONAL SAVINGS AND INVESTMENTS AS MARKETING DIRECTOR04 April 2005Karen Jones has been appointed marketing director of National Savings and Investments (NS&I), and will take up her position Monday 11 April 2005. Karen will become a member of the NS&I board. In her role as marketing director, Karen will be in charge of customer offer, product management, customer insight and marketing communications, including direct marketing, print and radio advertising and media relations and PR. Karen, 46, joins NS&I from BBC UK TV Licensing where she was responsible for strategic planning and marketing. Previously she was e-business marketing director of AXA UK plc, head of customer marketing at Abbey National Retail Bank plc and general manager of marketing at Direct Line group. She replaces Gill Cattanach who left in January 2005 to join Alliance Trusts in Dundee. NS&I is one of the UK’s leading savings and investments providers with 26 million customers, annual sales in 2003/04 reaching over £12 billion and has over £68 billion funds invested. It is an Executive Agency of the Chancellor of the Exchequer with a remit to reduce the cost to the taxpayer of government borrowing now and in the future. NS&I has a wide variety of sales channels including the telephone, internet, standing order, Post Office® branches, direct marketing and advertising. It also sponsors the Classical BRIT Awards and the Classic FM breakfast show. Karen Jones said, “NS&I aims to be recognised as the UK’s leading and most trusted savings and investments organisation. As marketing director, it will be my goal to achieve this aim among existing and potential customers and within financial services as a whole. “I am looking forward to taking on the role and working within an organisation which is increasingly proving itself to be one of the main dominant forces in retail financial services in Britain.” ENDS Notes to Editors 1. Picture desks requiring photography should contact the NS&I media team. 2. NS&I is the exclusive sponsor of The Classical BRIT Awards, the UK’s premier classical music awards show, at the Royal Albert Hall on 25 May 2005. Media enquiries Further information on National Savings and Investments (NS&I), including press releases and product information, is available on the website at www.nsandi.com. You can also contact the NS&I Media Team. NS&I has a number of spokespeople available for interviews and our experienced radio team is available via our ISDN line: 020 7602 4522. Jonathan Akerman 020 7348 9433 jonathan.akerman@nsandi.com
Media team The numbers below are for media use only. Customers wishing to contact NS&I can find details here.
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