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Hazell joins as group magazine controller, taking responsibility for Express Newspapers’ growing portfolio including OK!, New! and Star, alongside newspaper supplements S:2 and Saturday.

IPC has decorated Hazell with countless awards in recent years, with its Advertisement Manager of the Year for 2002 to 2003 and manager of its Advertising Team of the Year last year.

Stan Myerson, joint group managing director at Express Newspapers, said: “I am very pleased to welcome Victoria to the Group.

“She is an enthusiastic strategic thinker with a strong background in managing and directing sales teams.

“She has the experience and personality to make a huge difference to our sales effort.”

Hazell said: “I'm looking forward to continuing to drive the success of the weekend supplements, and take the helm of the celebrity market's most powerful portfolio.”

Express Newspapers’ magazines portfolio currently brings in over £40m in revenue for the group a year.