As part of its commitment to strengthen support to merchants, SIG Roofing has announced the appointment of David Arendell as national sales director.

With over 18 years’ sales and senior management experience within Braas Monier Building Group, and more recently with Klober, Mr Arendell will focus on driving growth across the SIG Roofing businesses via merchants.

Commenting on this latest appointment, Andrew Wakelin, managing director at SIG UK Exteriors, said: “We are delighted to welcome David to this key role. SIG UK Exteriors has an enviable reputation and proven reliability of service when working with our valuable merchant partners, by offering them an extensive portfolio of roofing and roofline products and services - that help them to help their customer save time and money. David’s appointment will allow us to have a greater focus on our merchant customers and will ensure that we can deliver the quality products, availability and delivery they need to service their customers.”

Mr Wakelin added: “Builders, installers and contractors need to make sure that their supplier can support them in facilitating the supply of appropriate products quickly and effectively. By forging partnerships with merchants, we are confident that together, we can help them exceed their customers’ expectations.”Picture caption: David Arendell is now national sales director for merchants at SIG Roofing.