Taylor Wimpey plc Board of Directors

Kevin Beeston

Chair

Appointed as a Director and to the post of Chair 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 Chair of Equiniti Group plc, Domestic & General Limited, and Serco Group plc and a non executive director of IMI plc.

Irene Dorner

Independent Non Executive Director and Chair- Designate

Appointed as a Non Executive Director and as Chair-designate on 1 December 2019, Irene is a member of the Nomination Committee (which she will Chair in due course) and of the Remuneration Committee. Following her qualification as a barrister, she had a long and distinguished career, largely at HSBC, where she held a number of senior positions for over 30 years until the end of 2014. Her roles included running HSBC’s Malaysian operations, becoming CEO and President of HSBC in the United States and also being appointed as Group Managing Director of HSBC Holdings and a member of the Group Management Board. Irene currently holds independent non executive roles at AXA SA and Rolls-Royce Holdings plc and she also chairs Control Risks Limited, a risk consultancy business. During 2018 Irene also chaired Virgin Money Holdings (UK) plc prior to it being acquired. Irene will work closely with the Chair, Kevin Beeston during a handover period and it is anticipated that she will assume the role of Chair following the announcement of the Company’s 2019 Full Year Results on 26 February 2020, at which time Kevin will stand down from the Board.

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 Chair of the stay safe committee and member of the remuneration committee. He is also Chair 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 Chair for the London and South-East Division in 2015, where he oversaw significant progress in the operational and financial performance of the Division.

James Jordan

Group Legal Director

Appointed Group Legal Director 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.