Northern Ireland kitchen and bedroom furniture manufacturer BA Components has appointed former Formica Europe boss Peter Rush as chief executive officer.

Co-founder of the business Brian McCracken said: “We are very pleased to announce that Peter Rush will join us on March 1, 2020 as the new CEO for BA.

“Peter joins us from the Formica Europe Group which he has led since May 2016 as President/CEO.”

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McCracken continued: “He comes with an impressive background of senior commercial and operations experience in branded manufacturing businesses.”

“Peter has particularly strong experience of working across Europe and in the Far East having worked with a number of BA Components’ major customers and distributors in the UK.”

Rush has an MBA from Warwick Business School and started his career in operations, holding positions as operations director and general manager in a number of businesses including Rawlplug and Heatrae Sadia.

Celebrating 30 years in UK manufacturing, BA Components recently introduced the Blossom Avenue brand and named architect Patrick Bradley its ambassador.

BA Components was established in Cookstown, County Tyrone in 1990 by brothers Kieran and Brian McCracken.

The company employs 263 across the firm’s three sites in Cookstown, Doncaster and  Rotherham in South Yorkshire.

Both men have stepped down from the day to day management of the company but remain actively involved in the long term strategic plans of the business.

The company was backed by Netherlands-based partner H2 in 2017 to support the company’s development strategy which would see continued investment and further product development.

This announcement coincides with BA delivering a sales increase of 6% in recently reported results for 2019.