Lawsons strengthens leadership team

Builders’ merchant Lawsons Group  has announced two additions to its leadership team.

Ciaran Morton has been promoted to group commercial director, and will lead the Group’s Category, Marketing and Ecommerce team.

Steve Wakeman joins Lawsons as group operations & logistics director, a newly created role overseeing group operations, logistics, safety and transport functions, embedding best practice across the branch network, continuing to work alongside the specialist leadership of Dan Hearne and Joe Gillespie.

Allun Pittingale, CEO of Lawsons, said: “These appointments are about building on Lawsons’ strengths while ensuring we’re well positioned for the future. Our customers’ expectations are changing, and we need to evolve with them. By bringing together functions that naturally belong together, we’re creating a business that’s better equipped to deliver consistently excellent service, respond more quickly to change and support our branches for the long term.”