F & P Wholesale appoints programme director

Travis Perkins owned distributor of heating, plumbing and bathroom products to the independent merchant sector, F & P Wholesale, has appointed David Dunbavand as its programme director.

With over 20 years’ experience and a background in business growth strategy, Dunbavand is heading up F & P’s recent acquisition of Primaflow and will be working with stakeholders to “ensure a smooth integration within the existing business”.

Dunbavand has worked across a number of sectors including commercial, supply chain and managerial roles with British Sugar, Silver Spoon and PepsiCo, as well as IT company Prism Europe.

He said: “Having worked on business strategy for a number of companies, I’m very excited to be taking on the programme for integrating an excellent standalone business (Primaflow) into our combined product and service offering.

“I’m looking forward to working closely with stakeholders across the units to support our growth ambitions.”

Jed Kenrick, managing director of F & P, said: “David is a strong addition to the F&P, Primaflow & Connections management team. As Programme Director he will guide our expansion and integration programmes across the business units. David is passionate about delivering the best possible outcomes for the Programme at the same time as safeguarding customer service standards. On behalf of everyone at F & P, I would like to wish David every success in his new role.”