Board of Directors

John was appointed non-executive Chairman of the Group in December 2017. Prior to his appointment, John spent four years as non-executive Chairman at McCarthy & Stone. John has spent his entire career in the housebuilding industry, including 38 years with Persimmon plc. After joining Persimmon in 1979, John was responsible for establishing the Group’s operations in the Midlands, following which he was appointed Regional Chairman for the South before joining the Board in 1986. He was Group Chief Executive at Persimmon from 1993-2006 and Group Chairman from 2006-2011. John is also Chairman of Northampton Saints plc, a position he has held since 2017.

Chris joined the Group in 2000, following the acquisition of the Birch Group where he was a founder and Group Managing Director. He has held a number of senior positions within the Group and was appointed Chief Executive in 2011. Chris has over 38 years’ industry experience, having initially trained and qualified as a quantity surveyor. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building and has an in depth knowledge of the industry and in particular has taken a keen interest in land strategy throughout all his senior management positions.

Stewart joined the Group in 2008. He was promoted to the role of Managing Director for Scotland in 2013 before expanding his role in 2018 to also assume responsibility for the North of England division. In 2019, Stewart was promoted to the newly created role of Chief Operating Officer. Stewart is a qualified quantity surveyor with 19 years’ experience in the sector and is a member of the Homes for Scotland Board.

Ian is a chartered accountant having trained with KPMG where he worked for nine years. He joined Miller Homes in 2005 having previously spent four years at The Miller Group as Group Financial Controller. Ian was appointed as Finance Director in 2011 and Chief Financial Officer in 2017. He has broad experience covering both financial and operational aspects of the Group. In addition to his mainstream finance role, Ian has responsibility for tax, treasury and the Group’s defined benefit pension scheme.

Julie is a qualified solicitor who joined the Group as Legal Director in 2009 after six years as the Legal Director of Miller Developments. Julie’s background is property development and investments and she chairs the Land Directors’ meetings on a national basis. Julie is Company Secretary of the Group and has responsibility for all legal, governance and compliance matters. She is a non-executive director of a housing association.

Warren joined the Group in 2020. Prior to this, he held senior leadership posts within the industry including a similar position on the Executive Board of a large UK listed homebuilder where he also had executive responsibility for Health and Safety. Warren has gained extensive industry knowledge during his 26 year career, in which he initially specialised in quantity surveying. Warren chairs the Group’s Commercial Directors’ meetings on a national level.

Danny joined the Group in 2014. He has over 30 years’ experience in the homebuilding industry, having undertaken various senior production and management roles. Since joining the Group, Danny has held a number of senior roles within the business, including Operations Director and Area Managing Director, before being appointed Divisional Managing Director for the Midlands and South in 2020. Danny chairs the Group’s Production Directors’ meetings on a national basis.

Scott joined the Group in 2018 having previously worked for Gleeson Strategic Land. Scott is responsible for the expansion and development of the Group’s strategic landbank and the successful promotion of sites through the planning system to ensure the Group’s growth aspirations can be fulfilled. He has 30 years’ experience in town planning and land development and is a Chartered Town Planner.