Travis Perkins plc has today announced the appointment of Stuart Chambers as chairman with effect from November 2017.

Mr Chambers will join the board from 1 September 2017 as a non-executive director and chairman designate and succeed Robert Walker as chairman when he retires in November 2017.

"It will be an honour to become chairman of this great company and I look forward to working with the board and John Carter and his team and playing my part in helping guide Travis Perkins to further success in the future," commented Mr Chambers.

Mr Chambers has had a long executive career including 13 years at Pilkington plc and NSG Group (which acquired Pilkington in 2006), ultimately serving as CEO of both companies. Prior to that he spent 10 years at Mars and 10 years at Shell in a range of senior operational management roles. Mr Chambers is currently a member of the Takeover Panel and chairman designate at Anglo American, joining that Board on 1 September 2017. He was chairman of ARM Holdings plc and Rexam plc until last year and served as a director on the boards of Tesco plc, Smiths Group plc, Manchester Airport and Associated British Ports.

"I would like to thank Robert for his immense contribution to our success during his tenure,” said CEO John Carter. “His wise counsel and great experience will be missed when he retires; we wish him all the best for the future. I am delighted that Stuart has agreed to chair our board through our next phase of growth and development"

Chairman Robert Walker commented: "It has been a privilege to have been chairman of Travis Perkins for almost eight years. It is a company with a great history and strong and proven business model and I am confident that Stuart is the right person to chair the board for the next phase of the company's development. I am very pleased that he will be joining our board in September and succeeding me as chairman later in the year. Good medium term succession planning is important and this appointment is the result of a thorough process."