Leadership

Date of appointment to the Board

October 2024

Experience

Geoff has unrivalled leadership experience from publicly listed businesses across the building materials distribution, equipment hire and tools markets nationally and internationally.

He has gained this from both executive and non-executive roles, and is currently non-executive chair of multinational plumbing and heating products distributor, Ferguson Enterprises Inc, and international packaging company, DS Smith Plc. He previously served as Senior Independent Director of Howden Joinery Group plc and was CEO of Ashtead Group plc during a period of unprecedented growth. He has also been Executive Director of The Laird Group plc and held a number of senior management positions at Black & Decker.

Date of appointment to the Board

September 2024

Experience

Pete has over 25 years of leadership, operational and finance experience in the construction sector. Prior to being appointed CEO of the Group, Pete was Group Chief Executive of Taylor Wimpey plc for 14 years. He was also an Independent Non-executive Director of Travis Perkins plc from 2014 to 2023, and latterly Senior Independent Director.

He currently chairs the Youth Adventure Trust and is a former trustee of the homeless charity, Crisis; taking a keen interest in policy related to the current housing challenge and having completed a well received review of housebuilding policy for the Labour Party in 2016.

Besides being a Chartered Accountant with a BSc in Mathematics from University of Warwick, Pete is also a Chartered Surveyor and has a BA in History from the Open University.

Date of appointment to the Board

January 2024

Experience

Duncan is a Chartered Accountant and, in addition to having a strong finance background, has experience in corporate communications, strategy design and implementation and large-scale technology change. Duncan joined the Group from Crest Nicholson plc, where he was appointed Chief Financial Officer in 2019. He formerly worked at J. Sainsbury plc where he held multiple roles since 2010, culminating in Director of Group Finance. Prior to that Duncan held finance roles at BSkyB plc and GlaxoSmithKline plc after qualifying at Deloitte LLP.

Date of appointment to the Board

June 2023

Experience

A qualified accountant (FCMA), Jez is a proven Senior Independent Director with diverse sector experience spanning household FMCG, management consultancy, food manufacturing, transport and chemicals. He has extensive finance and audit, public company and capital markets expertise and has held a number of Executive Director CFO positions, latterly as Group Finance Director for Croda International Plc. He has previously served as a Non-executive Director at PZ Cussons plc and Synthomer plc and is currently a Non-executive Director and member of the Audit Committee at Intertek Group plc, and has recently been appointed as a Non-executive Director, Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee of Smith & Nephew plc.

External appointments

Centre for Process Innovation Ltd (Non-executive Director)
Smith & Nephew plc (Non-executive Director)
Intertek Group plc (Non-executive Director)

Date of appointment to the Board

November 2019

Experience

Marianne has extensive executive and board experience in the global distribution and logistics sectors. She has served as Chief, Global Supply Chain with Premier Farnell plc and as Chief Executive (UK & Ireland) of TNT. Marianne was latterly Global President of RS Components, (formally Electrocomponents plc). Her non-executive career to-date has included membership of the boards of Rexel SA (listed on Euronext Paris), The British Quality Foundation and EDS Corporation and she is a current member of the Supervisory Board of BME B.V.

External appointments

BME B.V (Supervisory Board)

Date of appointment to the Board

January 2023

Experience

Louise brings to the Board over thirty years of business and significant leadership experience from across the construction and infrastructure industry.

A civil engineer by background, Louise has held a range of senior roles at London Underground, Bechtel and Laing O’Rourke, where she was the Infrastructure Director for the London 2012 Olympic Park. Her most recent executive appointment was European Project Excellence Director for AECOM.

Louise is currently a Non-executive Director of Crest Nicholson Holdings plc​ and Balfour Beatty plc​, and ​is the independent chair of Oriel. Louise was formerly a Non-executive Director of Renew Holdings plc, Sirius Minerals plc​, Genuit Group plc​, and Severfield plc.

Louise remains a keen volunteer within the construction industry as a STEM ambassador and diversity champion.

External appointments

Crest Nicholson Holdings plc (Non-Executive Director)
Balfour Beatty plc (Non-Executive Director)
Oriel (Chair)

Date of appointment to the Board

May 2021

Experience

Heath is an experienced CFO and currently Chief Financial Officer for Aggreko; a global power, temperature control and energy services company and constituent of the FTSE 250, prior to its takeover in August 2021.

He also has extensive experience in the engineering, leisure and transportation and industrial sectors having previously worked for WS Atkins, British Airways, Morgan Advanced Materials and PwC. Heath brings a wealth of financial and commercial acumen to the Board at Travis Perkins based on his experience across a number of markets and sectors adjacent to the construction industry.

External appointments

Aggreko (Chief Financial Officer)

Date of appointment to the Board

August 2021