SIG brings in top-flight leadership team

Andy Williamson has joined specialist building materials supplier SIG UK as part of a new leadership team. With over 25 years’ experience in the construction industry, including Digby Stone and 11 years with the IKO Group where he was Group Managing Director for six  years, he joins SIG UK as Commercial Director.

Following the appointment of Philip Johns as SIG UK Managing Director in March, leading  announced that David Hope and Richard Burnley are returning to the company as Divisional Managing Directors North and South respectively for the Distribution business, which includes such brands as SIG Insulation, Construction Accessories and Fixings.

Hope has over 22 years in the industry including 10 years at SIG where latterly he held the position of Sales & Marketing Director for SIG Distribution, while Burnley makes his return from Kingspan Insulations, where he was Managing Director. He previously worked at SIG for nine years, in various Director roles.

To drive the roofing part of SIG, additional appointments have been made to the UK leadership team with George King taking up the position of Divisional Managing Director South (Exteriors) and John Magee taking up the position of UK Operations Director.

Philip Johns said: “I am delighted to announce these appointments, I am now joined by a senior leadership team who boast a wealth of industry knowledge and hold strong relationships with both suppliers and our customers, which will be key to our success for the rest of 2020 and beyond”.