Paul Martin has been appointed to the position of managing director at Worldwide Timber, a part of the Saint-Gobain group and a number one wholesaler of specialist timber and panel options.
Paul has held the publish of Business Director at Worldwide Timber since Might 2019 and has overseen the corporate’s development whereas managing the Brexit transition and the challenges led to by Covid-19. Previous to this, he spent 25 years with Saint-Gobain PAM, working within the UK and South-Africa, throughout a wide range of roles in gross sales, operations and common administration.
He takes the helm as Worldwide Timber seeks to extend its sustainability forward of its 2050 carbon impartial purpose, and help producers, architects and builders’ retailers to entry high quality, bespoke timber supplies.
Paul mentioned: “I’m delighted to tackle the position of Managing Director at an organization I’m so personally invested in. I wish to be certain that we proceed delivering excellent sustainable timber and panel merchandise, and assist our prospects navigate the ever-changing and sophisticated timber market. I even have the pleasure of working alongside a unbelievable workforce, and I’ve little doubt that collectively we are able to obtain our bold plans for the longer term.”
Ross Baxter, Managing Director of Saint-Gobain Off-Web site Options, which contains Worldwide Timber alongside sister corporations Pasquill, Roofspace Options, Intrastack and Scotframe, mentioned: “Paul has accomplished a wonderful job of steering the enterprise by means of a really difficult 2020 and I’m assured that below his management, Worldwide Timber will go from power to power.”