Brian Gray, former chief executive of Tricom Group and board director of BSS Group plc, has been appointed non-executive chairman of radiator distributors The Radiator Company.

Gray joined Tricom, distributors of heating and plumbing materials, as managing director in 1997, securing a management buyout in November 1998. Following Tricom’s sale to The BSS Group plc in 2003, he joined the board, where he remained until 2005.