Ian Cheshire of Kingfisher plc, Europe’s largest’s home improvement retailer and B&Q plc’s parent company, is to speak at a DIY industry forum during the DIY & Garden Show in January.

Mr Cheshire, Kingfisher’s international and development chief executive, will be joined at the “DIY Retailing – the next 10 years” conference by Manfred Maus, chairman of Germany’s largest and Europe’s second largest home improvement retailer OBI.

The forum takes place on January 19 at Earls Court Conference Centre, next door to the show at Earls Court 2 on January 18-20.