The BOSS Federation (British Office Supplies and Services) has appointed Michael Gardner as its new Chief Executive.
Gardner has been working in the office products industry since 1989, when he established B2B office supplies company Business Essentials. He held executive posts at WH Smith and Guilbert before becoming Financial Director of BPIF (British Printing Industries Federation) in 2002.
Gardner said: "I am delighted to be given the opportunity to help build the BOSS Federation and to work closely with the BPIF to promote the numerous cost effective and time saving products & services now available to the membership. I feel the BOSS Federation has entered into a new dawn of positive change and growth and I am dedicated to continuing the good work carried out by my predecessor."