Senior Management

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 recent acquisition.

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

He is responsible for operations in Scotland, Northern England, the Midlands and South Wales.

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.

Clive Fenton
Director

Clive initially joined the Group in 1983, becoming Managing Director of Barratt West London in 1996.

Clive Fenton

He was appointed to the Group Board in July 2003 and is responsible for operations in London, Thames Gateway, Southern England and East Anglia.

Patrick Law
Group Corporate Affairs Director

Patrick joined the Barratt Group in 2007. Patrick joined us from Centrica plc, where he was Director of the Chief Executive’s office, Director of Corporate Affairs for the British Gas brand and Director of Public Affairs with responsibility for Centrica’s Government and Community Relations work.

Patrick Law

Prior to Centrica, Patrick held various posts at British Gas in the communications field.

Jayne Mee
Group People and Customer Experience Director

Jayne joined Barratt Developments PLC in late 2006. Jayne has over 20 years’ experience in HR having held similar positions at the Spirit Group, Punch Taverns PLC, and positions as Director of Organisation Development at both Royal Mail Group and Whitbread.

Jayne Mee

She has recently taken on responsibility for Customer Experience. Jayne is also a Non-Executive Director at the National Skills Academy for Creative & Cultural Skills and KidsOut, the charity for disadvantaged children.

David Thomas
Group Finance Director

David Thomas, Group Finance Director, 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.

Nick Richardson
Managing Director, WB Developments

Nick joined the Executive Committee from Wilson Bowden and has overall responsibility for Wilson Bowden Developments, a business which specialises in commercial property development and construction.

Nick Richardson

Nick joined Wilson Bowden Developments in 1991 and was appointed Managing Director in 1999. He is a Non-Executive Director of Derby Cityscape Limited, a government sponsored urban regeneration company.