Peter Hindle MBE’s career spans 4 decades in the building distribution industry and has covered independent merchants, growing national merchants and a global merchant in various key senior executive roles within Saint-Gobain (LON: COD).Peter has a unique vantage point of historical understanding of the industry’s roots, the way it operates; its customers’ needs, wants and desires and its evolution. Peter has successfully used these insights to lead and grow Jewson in his role as its Managing Director for over 12 years. Thereafter, Peter led Jewson’s transition to Saint-Gobain, the global construction material leader.A sign of his leadership quality and experience was his appointment to be the CEO and General Delegate of Saint-Gobain in the UK, Ireland and South Africa; a multi-national enterprise of 20,000 people, covering all of Saint-Gobain’s operations and representing around 10% of the Group’s turnover. In September 2013, Peter was made Senior Vice President, Sustainable Habitat for Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, whilst retaining his position as General Delegation, Saint-Gobain UK, Ireland & South Africa.Peter carries the determination, dedication and will to win from his early days as a professional cyclist into his business career. In February 2016, Peter retired from Saint-Gobain after a very successful, and rewarding career. Peter is now keen to leverage his immense expertise, network and passion for business to help growing businesses in a consultancy or advisory roles.