Taiga Building Products Ltd. announced that Russell Permann, currently Taiga’s COO and EVP Operations, will be appointed to the role of Co-CEO effective January 1st, 2021. In order to facilitate an orderly succession process, Trent Balog, Taiga’s current CEO and President, will step down from his present positions on December 31st, 2020 and serve as Co-CEO alongside Mr. Permann.
Mr. Balog has agreed to step down from the Co-CEO position on December 31st, 2021 and remain involved with the Company in a consulting role for a two year period thereafter. Effective January 1st, 2022, Mr. Permann will take over as Taiga’s sole CEO.
Prior to Taiga, Mr. Permann spent 8 years at Jager Building Systems Inc. When he left Jager, he was their Director of Sales and Distribution - North America. He joined Taiga in 2008 as General Manager, Engineered Wood Products and gradually took on greater responsibilities including overseeing Taiga’s business in the Prairies and the USA and managing the Envirofor plants.
Taiga is the leading independent wholesale distributor of building materials.
