Taylor Wimpey plc Board of Directors

Kevin Beeston

Chairman

Appointed as a Director and to the post of Chairman in July 2010, Kevin chairs the Nomination Committee and is a member of the Remuneration Committee. He has significant experience of chairing boards of both public and private companies and of being a non executive director and a member of audit, nomination and remuneration committees. He also brings a wealth of commercial, financial and high level management experience including being a former CEO of a FTSE 100 company. Kevin is a non executive director of Severn Trent plc; Marston Corporate Limited and The Football Association Premier League Limited. He was formerly Chairman of Equiniti Group plc, Domestic & General Limited, and Serco Group plc and a non executive director of IMI plc.

Pete Redfern

Chief Executive

Appointed as a Director and to the post of Chief Executive in July 2007. Pete was previously Group Chief Executive of George Wimpey Plc and, before that, successively held the posts of Finance Director and Chief Executive of George Wimpey’s UK Housing business. He has full day-to-day operational responsibility for delivering the Company’s strategy in a profitable, safe and environmentally responsible manner. He has significant financial, operational and management experience, gained from his various roles in industry and from his time at KPMG. Pete is a non executive director of Travis Perkins where he is also Chairman of the stay safe committee and member of the remuneration committee. He is also Chairman of the Youth Adventure Trust charity and a Trustee of the homelessness charity Crisis.

Chris Carney

Group Finance Director

Appointed as Group Finance Director in April 2018. Chris is a Chartered Accountant and has worked in both private practice and for Associated British Foods plc, before joining Taylor Wimpey in 2006 as Group Financial Controller, a post he held until 2008. Chris then became the Finance Director of Taylor Wimpey UK (the Group's main operating company), before undertaking the role of Managing Director of the Company's South Thames business unit. Having gained operational and delivery breadth, Chris was appointed to the role of Divisional Chairman for the London and South-East Division in 2015, where he has overseen significant progress in the operational and financial performance of the Division, over the past three years.

James Jordan

Group Legal Director and Company Secretary

Appointed Group Legal Director and Company Secretary in July 2011, James, a solicitor, was previously Group Company Secretary and General Counsel of George Wimpey Plc from February 2002 until July 2007, when he was appointed to the same position with Taylor Wimpey plc, following the merger. Before joining the Group, James held senior legal and company secretary roles in industry which included positions with The Rugby Group Plc and English China Clays Plc. James oversees compliance with legal and regulatory obligations and also manages the Company’s Legal and Secretariat Departments. He has significant legal, commercial, transactional and regulatory/corporate governance related experience. James is also a Trustee of Tennis Foundation charity where he also chairs their audit and remuneration committees.

Jennie Daly

Group Operations Director

Appointed as a Director in April 2018. Jennie also holds the role of Group Operations Director. Jennie joined Taylor Wimpey in 2014 from Redrow plc, as UK Planning Director, before becoming UK Land Director in 2015. She has a wealth of experience in the housebuilding industry gained from roles which include strategic land oversight at Westbury plc and managing director of Harrow Estates Plc. As Group Operations Director, Jennie oversees our land, planning, design and technical, production and supply chain functions, in addition to managing the Taylor Wimpey Logistics business. Jennie is also a non-executive director of the Peabody Trust.

Dame Kate Barker DBE

Independent Non Executive Director

Appointed as a Non Executive Director in April 2011, Kate is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Nomination Committees. She is a business economist and was previously a member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) from 2001 until May 2010. During this period, Kate also led two major policy reviews for Government, on housing supply and on land use planning. Before joining the MPC, she was Chief Economic Adviser at the CBI. Kate was awarded a CBE in 2005 for services to social housing and a DBE in 2014 for services to the economy. Kate is an industry-recognised economist who also brings a wider economic insight gained through her various roles, including as a Member of the Oversight Board of the Office for Budget Responsibility. Kate is a Trustee Director and Chairman of the British Coal Superannuation Scheme; a non executive director of Man Group plc; a National Infrastructure Commissioner for HM Treasury; and an external member of the Oxford University Council.

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Gwyn Burr

Independent Non Executive Director

Appointed as a Non Executive Director on 1 February 2018, Gwyn is a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees. She has over 25 years’ executive experience, principally in Marketing, HR and Customer Service in the retail sector, which included the roles of Customer Director and Customer Service and Colleague Director at Sainsbury plc. Previously, Gwyn held non executive positions with the Principality Building Society Limited, Wembley National Stadium Limited and the Financial Ombudsman Service. Gwyn’s other non executive directorships include Hammerson plc, Just Eat plc, Sainsbury’s Bank plc, Metro AG (a German listed company) and DFS Furniture plc (where it has been announced that she intends to step down in the Spring of 2018).

Mike Hussey

Independent Non Executive Director

Appointed as a Non Executive Director in July 2011, Mike is a member of the Audit and Nomination Committees. He is Chief Executive of Almacantar, a private property investment and development company which he founded in February 2010. He has held a number of senior roles in the property sector, most recently as an executive board director of Land Securities plc. Prior to that position, Mike was Head of Leasing and Marketing for Canary Wharf Group plc. He has previously held a number of senior positions within the property industry including with the British Council for Offices, the City Property Association, and as Chairman of the Regeneration and Development Committee of the British Property Federation. Mike has in-depth expertise in land development and marketing, particularly in London, gained from his previous roles. Mike is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, a Trustee of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and a Governor of the Southbank Centre.

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Angela Knight CBE

Independent Non Executive Director

Appointed as a Non Executive Director on 1 November 2016, Angela is a member of the Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees. Angela is Chairman of the Office of Tax Simplification in HM Treasury; senior independent director of TPICAP Plc; and a non executive director of Arbuthnot Latham & Co. She brings to the Board a wealth of experience gained at a senior level in both the public and private sectors. Previously, Angela was a member of Parliament from 1992 to 1997, including two years as the Economic Secretary at HM Treasury and was also successively Chief Executive of the Association of Private Client Investment Managers and Stockbrokers; the British Bankers’ Association; and Energy UK.

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Robert Rowley

Independent Non Executive Director and Senior Independent Director

Appointed as a Non Executive Director in January 2010 and as Senior Independent Director in April 2010, Rob is a member of the Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees. Rob has a wealth of financial, commercial and management expertise, principally from his time as Finance Director of Reuters plc and Deputy Chairman of Cable & Wireless plc. He has substantial experience as a non executive director including the chairing of audit committees and has recent and relevant financial experience as required by the UK Corporate Governance Code. He is the Senior Independent Director and Chairman of the audit committee of Greene King plc and a non executive director of Camelot Group where he is also Chairman of the audit, risk and security committee. Rob was previously Deputy Chairman of Cable and Wireless plc, a director of Reuters Plc, and a non executive director of Prudential plc; Taylor Nelson Sofres plc; and Intu Properties plc.

Humphrey Singer

Independent Non Executive Director

Appointed as a Non Executive Director on 9 December 2015, Humphrey is Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee. Humphrey has a wealth of financial experience and expertise in the areas of both digital solutions and customer services. He is Group Finance Director of Dixons Carphone plc, a role to which he was appointed in 2014 and it has been announced that he will leave his current role on a date to be determined in order to join Marks and Spencer Group plc as their Chief Financial Officer. Humphrey was previously Group Finance Director of Dixons Retail plc and held senior finance-related roles within Dixons, including as Group Financial Controller, and prior to that with Coca Cola Enterprises.

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