Frank W. Roach
President and CEO

Frank Roach was appointed Chief Executive Officer for Wolseley North America and a Board Director of Wolseley plc in December 2005.  In August 2009 Frank assumed additional responsibilities as President and CEO of Ferguson. Frank is responsible for the all the Group’s businesses in North America.

Frank joined Ferguson in 1976 and throughout his career has been responsible for a number of operational roles, including branch manager in Richmond, Virginia, vice president of the U.S. mid-Atlantic region, and senior vice president of the Residential Business Group. In 1995, Frank was appointed to Ferguson’s board of directors. Frank was appointed Senior Vice President with Wolseley North America in 2005 responsible for developing and expanding the North American businesses including plumbing, waterworks and heating, ventilation and air conditioning, and building materials. In December of 2005 Frank assumed the role of Chief Executive, North America in which he was responsible for the Groups businesses in North America to include Stock Building Supply (until their sale in April 2009), Ferguson and Wolseley Canada.

Kevin Murphy
Chief Operating Officer

Kevin Murphy, chief operating officer, is responsible for profit and loss and working capital at all levels of the Ferguson organization. Murphy joined Ferguson in 1999 as an operations manager through the acquisition of his family's business, Midwest Pipe and Supply. Following two years on the operations role, Kevin was promoted to general manager of Ferguson’s Waterworks location in Columbus, Ohio, and then became an area manager for the Northeast Waterworks region. In 2005, he was promoted to business group manager for Waterworks and then was named vice president of Ferguson’s Waterworks operation in 2006. Originally from Columbus, Murphy is a 1992 graduate of Miami University.