International Paint has hired Eric Shelton to serve as senior account executive for protective coatings sales in St. Louis-West Territory consisting of Kansas, Nebraska, western Montana and southwest Iowa. International Paint recruited Shelton to help direct the company’s long-term efforts for developing brand awareness and growth of International’s high-performance protection coatings sales in the industrial and commercial building markets throughout the region. A coatings industry veteran of more than 14 years, Shelton previously worked as an industrial coatings and sales representative at ICI Paints North America.