Jason Vella

Alberta Group has appointed Jason Vella chief operations officer, a new position within the Group.

In his role as COO, Mr Vella will be responsible for the alignment and prioritisation required to ensure greater operational excellence across the company. He will be working closely with the directors on the strategic development of the companies within the Group while also spearheading its overall operations.

The directors of Alberta Group said: “Jason is a seasoned and trusted leader who consist-ently delivers results.  He is uniquely qualified to drive strategic prioritisation and accountability within Alberta, with a laser-focus on oper-ational excellence. We have tremendous confidence in Jason’s ability to align Alberta’s world-class innovation engine with industry-leading operational practices to drive and extend the next generation of our market leadership.”

Mr Vella held various senior management roles with Go plc and its subsidiaries over a period of 13 years, including the position of operations director with Telepage Ltd, senior client account manager and customer care manager with Datastream Ltd, followed by the most recent position for four years as senior manager customer service support within Go’s technical department.

Ovale Store at BayStreet

Ovale has opened an outlet in Malta at Bay Street, St Julian’s.

Roberta Iuvara, who owns the franchise for Malta and Gozo as well as other outlets in Italy, said Ovale is the world leader in the production, sale and scientific studies of electronic cigarettes and liquids.

The company strives to create products capable of perfectly simulating the pleasure of smoking without the negative collateral effects. It aims to establish a worldwide distribution chain, taking the world of electronic smoking to a new level.

Ovale was set up in 2006 and is committed to constant investment in research and development to bring stability and innovation to the world of electronic cigarettes. Thanks to its exclusive Italian design, the company maintains a focus on safety, using the best materials and techno-logical expertise. The University of Naples last month published a report in conjunction with Artista, an independent American laboratory that specialises in tobacco emissions and constituents testing, that attests to the product’s quality. It is the only scientific report in the world to have been conducted on these types of products.

Three models of electronic cigarette are on display, with a fourth model expected to be launched in Malta at the end of next month. There are 16 flavours, produced by a pharmaceutical company, Life, in Italy, sold in 20 ml bottles, each completely certified, approved and registered with the Ministry of Health in Italy. These come in three different ‘grades’ of nicotine intensity – high, medium and zero.

Opening hours are from 10am to 10pm from Monday to Sunday. For more information telephone 9994 8678 or e-mail ovalemalta@gmail.com.