Mr Hodge joined the timber industry as a management trainee at Mallinson Denny. He was most recently European marketing director at Osmose.

He has recently completed an MBA at Henley Business School and, under his directorship, Osmose won the TTJ Excellence in Marketing Award in 2006.

Mr Hodge said he was looking forward to working with M&M Timber’s senior management team, with the aim of the company growing in existing and new market sectors.

"I intend to capitalise on M&M’s reputation and ensure that the company continues at the leading edge of supplying innovative quality timber products," he said.