Andy Wighton has been appointed managing director of Pipe Center and Climate Center.

Mr Wighton is currently Wolseley Group commercial director and brings extensive experience of working with the group companies to his new position. He starts his new role on 19 January 2015, enabling a handover period with Lee Jon Newman, who is leaving Wolseley UK at the end of February to take up a chief operating officer role in a different sector.

Mr Wighton first joined Wolseley in 2003 and during his time with Wolseley UK was a member of the plumbing and heating businesses leadership team as finance director.

Commenting on his appointment, he said: “I’m delighted to be returning to Wolseley UK and am looking forward to progressing Pipe and Climate’s strategy. Our aim is to be the best business in the market and the distributor of choice by FY18– and I will ensure Pipe and Climate Center continues on its growth trajectory.”