Sula Sails has announced the appointment of Mark Acaster as Sales Manager responsible for retail sales in the South of England.

The 48-year old from Southampton joins the nautical and leisure clothing brand, after a long and varied career in the marine industry. More recently, Mark was Commercial Director at Seasure Limited, and prior to that he worked as Sales Director for XM Yachting.

Mark comments, “I am delighted to be given the opportunity to join the Sula Sails team, and work with an exciting and progressive nautical clothing brand. I hope to bring an energy and enthusiasm to take the business through to its next stage of development.

“It is a challenging market for marine related retailers. Our focus will be to provide retailers with popular products at reasonable prices. Our exciting new range of unique sailcloth jackets perfectly fits this mould. I am looking forward to working with familiar industry faces as well as building new relationships.”

Ryder Sugden, Director of Sula Sails, comments, “We are very pleased to welcome Mark to the company. His vast experience of the industry and of the south coast in particular is second to none; this combined with his range of contacts makes him the perfect person to help drive sales forward.”

For more information on the Sula Sails clothing range please contact Mark directly on 07730 680 489 or email mark@sulasails.co.uk , or visit the website at www.sulasails.co.uk. Mark will also be available to discuss Sula Sails products at the forthcoming METS exhibition.