Topps Tiles has appointed Paul Forman as an independent non-executive director and chair designate of the business.

The new follows Topps’ commencement of a chair succession process due to Darren Shapland nearing the end of his maximum term  under the UK Corporate Governance Code.  

Due to join the Topps board on 1 July, Forman will succeed Shapland as chair at the start of the company’s new financial year on 1 October, at which point Shapland will retire from the board.

With experience of working in both listed and private equity-backed businesses, Forman is a former chief executive of Essentra, Coats Group and Low & Bonar. He has also previously served as a non-executive director of Brammer and is currently senior independent director at Tate & Lyle.