Breedon Aggregates has appointed Gordon Liney as Commercial Director of its Scottish Business.

Mr Liney will be responsible for the overall commercial direction of Breedon's quarrying operations in Scotland, providing commercial support to Breedon Scotland's Contracting Director.

He has over 30 years experience in the building materials industry, gained with Lafarge Tarmac, where he held a number of sales, commercial and general management roles.

Mr Liney was most recently Major Projects Manager for the North of England & Scotland and General Manager of Tarmac Caledonian in the North of Scotland.

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Chief Executive of Breedon Scotland, Alan Mackenzie, said: "Gordon takes up a key new role in our senior leadership team in Scotland.  He will initially be reviewing our sales systems, regional account management and key account management, as part of a wide-ranging review of the Group’s sales systems.

"He will assume responsibility for our decorative aggregates portfolio and for developing our strategy for high ‘polished stone value’ (PSV) aggregates, the specialist stone with high skid resistance which is in great demand for surfacing roads with high traffic flows.

"In addition, he will provide strategic commercial input on a number of major projects, including the dualling of the A9, the new Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route and offshore and onshore wind projects throughout Scotland."

(LM)