Board of Directors

Bob Lawson
Chairman

Bob Lawson became Chairman of Barratt Developments Plc on 1st July 2008. Bob is also Chairman of the Board of Hays Plc, the specialist recruitment company.

Bob Lawson

His career has spanned a range of roles as Chairman or CEO of UK companies, including three years as Managing Director of Vitec Group Plc and more recently 10 years as Chief Executive of Electrocomponents. He was educated at Cambridge University and is a qualified engineer with an MBA.

Mark Clare
Group Chief Executive

Mark was appointed Group Chief Executive on 2 October 2006, replacing retiring Group Chief Executive David Pretty.

 

Mark Clare

Previously Managing Director of Centrica's British Gas Residential Energy operation, he joined British Gas in 1994, becoming Centrica's Finance Director in 1997 and Managing Director of British Gas Residential Energy in 2002. He was a Non-Executive Director of BAA plc until its acquisition.

David Thomas
Group Finance Director

David Thomas, ACA, was appointed as Group Finance Director and as an Executive Director on the Barratt Board on 21st July 2009.

David Thomas

Prior to that David was Deputy Chief Executive and Group Finance Director of Game Group Plc. Before joining GAME, he was group finance director at Millennium and Copthorne Hotels plc and previously held senior financial roles with House of Fraser plc and Forte plc.

Steven Boyes
Director

Steven joined the Group in 1978. Formerly Managing Director of Barratt York, he was appointed to the Group Board in July 2001.

Steven Boyes

Steven is responsible for operations in Scotland, Northern England and the Midlands.

Clive Fenton
Director

Clive initially joined the Group in 1983, becoming Managing Director of Barratt West London in 1996. He was appointed to the Group Board in July 2003.

Clive Fenton

Clive is responsible for operations in London, Thames Gateway, Southern England, South Wales and East Anglia.

Bob Davies
Senior Independent Director

Bob was appointed a Non-Executive Director in May 2004. He was Chief Executive of Arriva plc until April 2006, a position he held from December 1998, having previously held the same position at East Midlands Electricity plc.

Bob Davies

He is also Chairman of Biffa plc and a Non-Executive Director of British Energy Group plc and Northern Rock PLC.

Tessa Bamford
Non-Executive Director

Tessa was appointed a Non-Executive Director on 1 July 2009 and is a member of the Remuneration and Nominations Committees.

Tessa Bamford

She is also a director of Cantos Communications, the online communications service provider, where she leads the corporate client relationships. Prior to joining Cantos Communications as founder member in 2001, she held a number of senior investment banking roles in London and New York with Schroders.

Rod MacEachrane
Non-Executive Director

Rod was appointed a Non-Executive Director in May 2006. He was formerly Commercial Director and an Executive Director of the National House Building Council (NHBC) Main Board before retiring after 25 years in April 2006.

Rod MacEachrane

He is a member of the Governing Board of the NHBC Foundation, an independent charitable research foundation, which is a joint venture with the Building Research Establishment.

Mark Rolfe
Non-Executive Director

Mark was Finance Director of Gallaher Group Plc for seven years until April 2007 when the Group was acquired by Japan Tobacco Inc.

Mark Rolfe

His career with Gallaher spanned 20 years, serving in various finance and executive roles. He is also non executive director of The Sage Group Plc and Hornby Plc.

Bill Shannon
Non-Executive Director

Bill was appointed a Non-Executive Director in September 2005. He is currently Non-Executive Chairman of both Aegon UK plc and Gaucho Grill Ltd, and a Non-Executive Director of Matalan plc and Rank plc.

Bill Shannon

He was previously an Executive Director of Whitbread PLC from 1994 to 2004.

Laurence Dent
Company Secretary

Laurence joined the Group in January 2001. He is a solicitor and has extensive corporate management experience working previously as Corporate Services Director and Deputy Chief Executive of a national housing association.

Laurence Dent

He has responsibility for health and safety, environmental performance, information technology and internal audit.