Lords Group Trading has announced that Anne Prince has joined the business as Group HR Director.

Prince has 30 years’ experience as a senior HR leader, having delivered significant business improvement and change programmes within the public and private sectors. Until recently, Prince was Human Resources Director in NW Europe for bulk liquid storage firm Exolum Group, where she led the HR stream of the €450 million acquisition programme. Prior to this, she held senior roles at Ardent Hire Solutions Ltd and regional brewer Charles Wells.

Prince will be working across all of the Group's brands: Lords Builders Merchant, Mr. Central Heating, APP Wholesale, Hevey and George Lines.

Shanker Patel, Chief Executive Officer of Lords, said: “Lords has grown to over 900 colleagues and the new position of Group HR Director will play a critical role in delivering our commitment to investing in our people.

“Anne brings a wealth of experience in successfully integrating teams following acquisition, in addition to a highly professional and structured approach to developing HR functions in large-scale organisations.

“I am absolutely delighted to welcome her to Lords Group Trading and look forward to working with her.”

Prince said “I am excited to be joining Lords Group Trading at this point in its growth trajectory. I am passionate about building teams and delivering sustainable results and look forward to working with the ambitious leaders at Lords and supporting the wider Group.”