Wickes has appointed former Asda chief operating officer Simon King as its new managing director.
Mr King left Asda in June after just six months, and has previously held roles at Safeway (now Morrisons) and Tesco.

Current md Jeremy Bird has been promoted by parent company Travis Perkins to the new role of divisional chairman for the company's newly titled consumer division.

The promotion comes as part of a number of new appointments to Travis Perkins' senior management team, with a new company structure taking effect from January 2012.

Travis Perkins now comprises four divisions: general merchanting, specialist merchanting, plumbing and heating and consumer, which includes Wickes, Tile Giant and Toolstation.

Paul Tallentire is appointed as divisional chairman of the plumbing and heating division, while Joe Mescall and Arthur Davidson continue to lead the remaining two operating divisions as divisional chairmen of general merchanting and specialist merchanting respectively.

Norman Bell has been promoted to the new role of group development director, following his successful running of the BSS integration project running alongside group chief operating officer John Carter.