Wolseley has announced that the chief executive of its US building materials business, Fenton Hord, will retire from the board on 31 July.
He will be succeeded by Joe Appelmann.

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Wolseley has announced that the chief executive of its US building materials business, Fenton Hord, will retire from the board on 31 July.
He will be succeeded by Joe Appelmann.
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