Howarth Timber expands senior management team
1 June 2018Howarth Timber & Building Supplies has strengthened its management structure with the addition of four area managers.
They will be responsible for engaging with individual branches on group-wide initiatives and improvements.
Gary Ford and Geoff Cosslett have been with Howarth Timber for many years, and will be responsible for London and East Anglia, and North Lancashire respectively.
Ian Williams, area manager for Manchester and West Yorkshire, has over 12 years’ experience in the builders merchant sector, previously as a regional manager at Travis Perkins. Jack Taylor, who was previously a regional director at Travis Perkins, will be responsible for the East Yorkshire, north Lincolnshire and north-east Midlands region.
The area manager roles were created to allow Howarth Timber to sustain and oversee the growth of the business’s merchant branch network. The managers are part of the newly formed senior leadership team.
“The new area management team is perfectly balanced between people who know our business inside-out and those from outside the company who bring new thinking and ideas,” said managing director Nick Howarth.
