BURLINGTON, Ontario — Wolseley Canada has announced that Gilles Pétrin has been promoted to vice president, sales and business development. In this new role, Pétrin will be responsible for sales, business development, acquisitions, sales training, and sales force optimization.

Paul Kennedy has been promoted to vice president, plumbing, taking responsibility for all strategy and profit and loss for the company’s residential and commercial plumbing and hydronics business.

Akbar Makalai has been promoted to vice president, HVACR, taking responsibility for all strategy and profit and loss for the company’s HVACR business.

Glen Henderson has been promoted to vice president of Wolseley’s newly combined EPG/Waterworks business group, called Wolseley Engineered Waterworks Group. In this new role, Henderson will take responsibility for all strategy and profit and loss for this new business.

Publication date: 7/16/2012