The Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG) has appointed Peter Cudd as its chief commercial officer (CCO) and Allun Pittingale as chief operations officer (COO).
Peter will be responsible for category, pricing, product information and marketing functions and will lead the integration of these functions with sales, operations and finance. Allun will meanwhile lead all the operating divisions and chairs IBMG’s five divisional boards of building, electrical, plumbing, roofing and timber.
Toby Constable also takes on the role of managing director for South East Merchanting, while Steve Wakeman becomes group operations director for IBMG.
Martin Stables, CEO of the Group, said: “These changes have been made to the IBMG board and management in order to accelerate the next stage of our growth and deliver our strategic development plans. Bringing our sales and operational teams closer together to work alongside the central support functions is a key benefit to this new structure. Congratulations to all.”