Management Appointments

RNS Number : 8445S

Travis Perkins PLC

28 November 2011

 

28 November 2011

TRAVIS PERKINS PLC ("the Group")

Management Appointments

Travis Perkins Plc announces a number of new appointments to its senior management team to support its business growth and development following the successful integration of the BSS businesses and the establishment of a new divisional structure.

The new structure, reporting through John Carter, the Group Chief Operating Officer, effective from 1 January, 2012, will comprise;

·      General Merchanting, comprising the four regional Travis Perkins businesses;

·      Specialist Merchanting, comprising Keyline, CCF, Benchmarx and our associate merchant, Rinus Roofing

·      Plumbing & Heating, comprising the ex-BSS Group businesses of BSS Industrial, PTS, Direct Heating Spares, together with City Plumbing Supplies and City Heating Spares;

·      Consumer, comprising Wickes, Tile Giant and our associate multi-channel business, ToolStation.

The two remaining ex-BSS Group businesses, Birchwood Price Tools and F&P Wholesale will report through our central Commercial and Supply Chain functions and for external reporting purposes they will be part of the Plumbing & Heating Division results.

The Group's external segmental reporting, from 2012 onwards, will follow this new divisional structure. Pro-forma data for 2011 will be provided alongside the new segmental data to aid interpretation.

Norman Bell is being promoted to a new role of Group Development Director, following his successful running of the BSS integration project alongside John Carter. Paul Tallentire is appointed as Divisional Chairman of the Plumbing and Heating division. Paul recently joined the Group following a career as a senior executive in a variety of trade businesses. Ian Church, who has led the Travis Perkins business in the Midlands with distinction for the last 7 years, becomes Managing Director, PTS.

Jeremy Bird is promoted to the new role of Divisional Chairman for the Consumer division. Simon King, an experienced retail executive from Safeway (now Morrisons) and Tesco, and who was most recently Chief Operations Officer at Asda, joins the Group as Managing Director Wickes.

Joe Mescall and Arthur Davidson continue to lead the remaining two operating divisions as Divisional Chairmen of General Merchanting and Specialist Merchanting respectively.

Kieran Griffin, a former Keyline and Travis Perkins manager and regional director who enjoyed success in his first Managing Director's role at CCF is promoted to Managing Director, Travis Perkins Midlands.

Howard Luft, until recently Managing Director Buck &Hickman and responsible for the sale of this business, re-joins the Group to become Managing Director CCF.

Geoff Cooper, Chief Executive, commented;

"These moves represent a significant strengthening of the capabilities of our outstanding team of senior executives.

"The pace of our development and growth requires our executives to continuously improve their skills and impact in their current roles. To achieve a promotion in these circumstances is truly outstanding.

"I am delighted that we have been able to continue to build on our previous success by promoting talented people from inside the Group to their new roles.  

"The fresh talent we have been able to attract to our Group is also a testament to the success we have achieved against a backdrop of challenging economic conditions. I am sure these top executives will continue to make important contributions to our continued growth."

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Enquiries:

Geoff Cooper, Chief Executive	01604 683 222
Paul Hampden Smith, Finance Director
Travis Perkins PLC
David Bick/Mark Longson	020 7929 5599
Square1 Consulting Limited

 

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