BW Gas & Convenience names new Midwest regional manager
BW Gas & Convenience has announced that Douglas Wald has joined the firm as a Regional Manager for its Midwest portfolio.
BW Gas & Convenience is an affiliate of Brookwood which owns and operates gas stations with convenience stores in selected regions of the United States. Brookwood intends to expand its portfolio to between 600 and 1,000 convenience stores in the next several years.
Wald´s Mr. Wald’s primary responsibility will be managing the daily operations of the firm’s growing portfolio of convenience stores in the Midwest; assisting individual store managers in the operations of their stores; hiring, training and mentoring newly-hired store managers; creating merchandising and marketing plans; and ensuring that all applicable laws and regulations are followed.
“Douglas is a well-respected industry veteran, with a tremendous work ethic, proven management skills and a substantial breadth of knowledge of multi-state retail convenience store operations,” stated Brian Trout, Senior Vice President of Operations for BW Gas & Convenience.
Prior to joining Brookwood, Mr. Wald was a Regional Operations Manager for The Pantry, Inc. where he held P&L responsibility for an 85-store chain in Kansas, Missouri, Indiana, Tennessee and Kentucky generating over $280 million per year in sales.
