Andrew Lillywhite, Waterline's former logistics director, has joined the leadership team at rival distributor BCG.

Lillywhite will be the new commercial and operations director for the Wolseley-owned company. His remit will include all accountability for the commercial, operations and customer service departments with responsibility for over 50 members of staff.

He will report directly to managing director Chris Honer.

"Joining BCG gives me a real opportunity to be instrumental in helping deliver the next stage of the business strategy," Lillywhite said." I've watched BCG with great interest over the past couple of years and I'm privileged to now be part of a company and team that has worked extremely hard to develop its brand, strategy and customer experience within this tough market.

"BCG is emerging as the front runner and its continued focus and commitment to improving all departments within the business has been substantiated by the incredibly strong relationships it has with both its customers and suppliers."

Lillywhite's previous experience also includes Indesit and Amazon.