Leadership

Appointed to the Board: 18 April 2017

Committee memberships: None

Key skills and experience:

Greg was Chief Executive of Galliford Try PLC from 2005 to 2015, having previously been Managing Director of its house building division from 2003. Prior to this he was a founder and later Managing Director of Midas Homes, which was acquired by Galliford Try PLC in 1997. As Chief Executive, he transformed Galliford Try PLC from a building contractor into a well-respected house building and construction business, which included the acquisition of Linden Homes in 2007. Greg was Executive Chairman of Galliford Try PLC during 2015 before becoming non-executive Chairman from January to November 2016. He was Non-Executive Director of the National House Building Council from 2010 until July 2016.

What he brings to the Board:

Leadership and strategic focus in the house building and construction industry, business growth and value creation.

External appointments:

Non-listed: Chair of Ardent Hire Solutions Limited and Baker Estates Limited.

Appointed to the Board: 11 November 2022

Committee memberships: None

Key skills and experience:

Tim joined the Group as part of the acquisition of Countryside Partnerships plc in 2022 where he served as CFO. He has strong financial and commercial expertise having served for seven years as CFO of Wincanton Plc, the largest British third party logistics company, before joining Countryside. Prior to Wincanton Plc, Tim held a number of senior group, divisional and international finance roles at large listed companies, including Serco and Sea Containers. Tim qualified as a Chartered Accountant at Deloitte where he worked for seven years based in the UK and North America.

His role is responsible for setting the financial strategy and policy of the Group and covers all areas of finance, including tax and treasury. He holds an MA in Economics from Cambridge University.

What he brings to the Board:

Leadership, strategic focus, financial and accounting expertise.

External appointments:

None

Appointed to the Board: 16 May 2024

Committee memberships: Chair of the Nomination Committee, and Member of the Remuneration Committee and the Audit Committee

Key skills and experience:

Rob has held leadership positions across both the public and private sectors. Rob was appointed Chair of the Met Office Board in July 2018, a position he held until November 2024.His experience includes over 10 years as Chief Executive Officer of STV Group plc leading its successful transformation into a pre-eminent digital media group. He had previously been Commercial Director at Channel 4 Television, Managing Director with UBS Corporate Finance and lead partner for Deloitte’s Telecoms, Media & Technology Industry Group in Europe. As Chair he oversaw the sale of technology company Blancco plc last year to US private equity. Rob was appointed as Chair of Glasgow Caledonian University in February 2018, a position held until February 2025.

What he brings to the Board:

Experienced CEO with executive and operational transformation experience within listed companies. Holds current Chair and Non-Executive Director roles in listed and Government agency organisations.

External appointments:

Listed: Chair of Ebiquity plc and Chair of Lumi Gruppen

Appointed to the Board: 16 May 2024

Committee memberships: Member of the Nomination Committee, Remuneration Committee and the Audit Committee

Key skills and experience:

Alice has been Managing Director of Mitie Group plc’s Communities division since 2021. She started her career with management consultancy McKinsey, working extensively across the UK and US in the infrastructure, transport, hospitality and retail sectors. Alice joined Compass Group in 2013, serving as Group Head of Strategy and M&A and subsequently in Managing Director positions for Compass UK.

What she brings to the Board:

Extensive experience within management consultancy across the UK and US as well as holding senior executive roles within FTSE companies. Strong focus on delivering strategic and operational change and investment in people driven culture.

External appointments:

None.

Appointed to the Board: 18 May 2022

Committee memberships: Chair of the Audit Committee, and Member of the Nomination Committee and the Remuneration Committee

Key skills and experience:

Rowan is a highly experienced Chief Financial Officer in construction and development. She is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Essentra plc. Prior to this Rowan was Chief Financial Officer of Laing O'Rourke, and from 2017 to 2024, was the Chief Financial Officer of McCarthy Stone. Prior to joining McCarthy & Stone in 2012, she worked in finance for Barclays Bank plc and professional services for PwC.

Rowan has a masters degree in Law from Cambridge University and is a qualified accountant (FCA) and chartered tax adviser.

What she brings to the Board:

Extensive experience of the construction sector and the challenges it faces to improve productivity, deliver greater certainty for clients and overcome a long-standing skills shortage. Her financial expertise and sector experience will further strengthen the Board as the Company delivers its growth strategy.

External appointments:

Listed: Essentra plc

Appointed to the Board: 18 May 2023

Committee memberships: Chair of the Remuneration Committee, and Member of the Nomination Committee and the Audit Committee

Key skills and experience:

Paul is a highly experienced Chief Executive Officer in the hospitality sector and an experienced Non-Executive Director. He is currently CEO of CapStar Hotel Company  and has more than 45 years’ experience in the hospitality industry. Paul founded the original CapStar Hotel Company in 1987. In August 1996, the company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:CHO).  He was Chairman & CEO of the REIT MeriStar Hospitality Corporation (NYSE:MHX) and the operating company MeriStar Hotels and Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:MMH).  He served as Chairman and CEO of Interstate Hotels and Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:IHR) and President & CEO of Loews Hotels & Resorts. From 2007 until 2018 Paul served on the board of NVR, Inc. (NYSE: NVR), one of America’s largest home builders.

Paul currently serves on the Board of Directors as a Non-Executive Director of Boyd Gaming Corporation Inc. (NYSE:BYD), operator of 28 gaming entertainment properties, and Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. (NYSE:HGV), a leading global timeshare company. He is also the Remuneration Committee Chair for Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. He is active with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and is a member of its national Board of Trustees.

What he brings to the Board:

Experienced Non-Executive Director and Remuneration Committee Chair. Strong Board and broad strategic advisory experience having served on numerous Boards including a leading America homebuilder.

External appointments:

Listed: Boyd Gaming Corporation Inc. (NYSE:BYD) and Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. (NYSE:HGV)

Appointed to the Board: 18 May 2023

Committee memberships: Member of the Nomination Committee, Remuneration Committee and the Audit Committee

Key skills and experience:

Helen has extensive international operational experience from a successful career culminating in her being President of Global Businesses and Chief Development Officer for Thomson Reuters.

She is currently a Non-Executive Director of Informa plc, the FTSE 100 British publishing, business intelligence and exhibitions group where she is a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees and the board member responsible for employee engagement.   Previously, Helen was also a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee from 2012 to 2020 of PZ Cussons plc, the FTSE 250 manufacturer of personal healthcare products and consumer goods. Helen is an independent Governor of Falmouth University and a Trustee of Eden Project.

What she brings to the Board:

Significant operational expertise and UK listed experience including remuneration.

External appointments:

Listed: Non-Executive Director of Informa plc.

Appointed to the Board: 12 January 2024

Committee memberships: None

Key skills and experience:

Usman is the Founder, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Browning West. Prior to founding Browning West, he was Senior Partner at H Partners Management, LLC, a New York-based investment management firm. Usman also held previous roles as an Analyst at Perry Capital LLC and as a Private Equity Associate at The Carlyle Group. He began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst at Lazard Frères in the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions group.

Previously, Usman served on the Board of Directors of Domino’s Pizza Group plc as a Non-Executive Director and a member of the Nomination Committee, where he also co-led the search processes for both the Chairman and CEO positions. Usman also served on the Board of Directors of Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, where he was Chairman of the Nominating & Governance Committee, a member of the Compensation Committee, and where he also co-led two CEO search processes. He also served as Six Flags’ Executive Chairman during its emergence from bankruptcy in 2010. Additionally, Usman served on the Board of Directors of Tempur Sealy International Inc., where he was Chairman of the CEO Search Committee, a member of the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee, and a member of the Compensation Committee.

Usman earned his B.A. from Harvard College and his M.B.A. from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.

What he brings to the Board:

Experienced Non-Executive Director. Strong Board and broad strategic advisory experience having served on numerous Boards.

External appointments:

Non-Listed: Browning West LP

Key skills and experience:

Greg Fitzgerald is chief executive of Vistry Group and, more recently added the role of chair of the board.

Greg has a wealth of experience of the construction industry and housebuilding, starting his career on a YTS scheme as a trainee estimator and working his way up to his current role leading Vistry’s highly respected partnerships-focused strategy.

Formerly of Galliford Try PLC and prior to that with Midas Homes, eventually acquired by Galliford, Greg has become a well-respected force in the industry.

He transformed Galliford with a strategy that included the acquisition of Linden Homes in 2007. In 2015 he became executive chairman then non-executive chairman until his eventual retirement from Galliford in 2016.

Barely a few months into his retirement he was approached by Bovis Homes to become chief executive and rose to the challenge, turning the company around during one of its most challenging periods and acquiring Linden Homes and Galliford’s partnerships business. The combination with Countryside Partnerships in 2023 brought Vistry to its current position as a FTSE 250 company with a strategy never before seen in the UK’s housebuilding sector, focusing on tackling the housing shortage crisis through its shift to a partnerships model.

Greg is responsible for the overall management and development of Vistry Group and its strategic objectives.

Key skills and experience:

Tim joined the Group as part of the acquisition of Countryside Partnerships plc in 2022 where he served as CFO. He has strong financial and commercial expertise having served for seven years as CFO of Wincanton Plc, the largest British third party logistics company, before joining Countryside. Prior to Wincanton Plc, Tim held a number of senior group, divisional and international finance roles at large listed companies, including Serco and Sea Containers. Tim qualified as a Chartered Accountant at Deloitte where he worked for seven years based in the UK and North America.

His role is responsible for setting the financial strategy and policy of the Group and covers all areas of finance, including tax and treasury. He holds an MA in Economics from Cambridge University.

Key skills and experience:

Stephen was appointed as Chief Executive of Vistry Partnerships on completion of the acquisition of Linden Homes and Vistry Partnerships. Stephen joined Galliford Try in 2006 and was appointed Chief Executive of its Partnerships business in 2016. He is a Chartered Surveyor and has more than 25 years’ experience in the regeneration and affordable housing sectors, with time spent both commissioning schemes as well as working in the private sector, giving him a unique perspective on joint ventures, regeneration and mixed-tenure delivery. Stephen is also Chair of the Housing Forum, a cross-sector membership network of 150 organisations and businesses that collaborates to promote improved supply and better-quality homes.

Stephen leads the Partnerships Division which is a hybrid business, fusing partner delivery programmes and mixed tenure housing delivery. He provides a unique perspective on joint ventures, regeneration and mixed-tenure delivery and oversees 10 operating business units.

Key skills and experience:

Clare is a qualified solicitor with over twenty years’ experience. She joined the Group in May 2021 and was previously Deputy General Counsel and Company Secretary at ConvaTec Group PLC from its listing in 2016 to 2021. Prior to ConvaTec, Clare held increasingly senior legal roles at listed businesses after leaving private practice in 2007.

Clare provides expert and strategic legal advice, with a focus on legal and regulatory risk management, mergers and acquisitions, corporate projects, governance, and contracts. She is also responsible for legal, compliance, privacy, insurance, and company secretarial functions.

Key skills and experience:

Michael Stirrop is part of Vistry Group’s Executive Leadership Team, and as Chief Commercial Officer oversees the development of the company’s MMC (Modern Methods of Construction) operations.

These MMC operations are run by Vistry Works, an instrumental part of the Vistry Group strategy which allows the business to deliver modern methods of construction at scale and build high quality new homes faster, more economically and in a more environmentally friendly way.

Vistry Works comprises three factories: Vistry Works Warrington, Vistry Works Leicester and the newly relaunched Vistry Works East Midlands.

Michael has worked at the company for 19 years and was previously Group Strategic Operations Director, also working in three operational regional business units based in the West Midlands, Northern Home Counties and Kent.

Key skills and experience:

Mike joined Countryside Partnerships in April 2014 and was Interim Co-Group CEO when the combination with Vistry Group completed in November 2022. Mike has 15 years’ experience of leading urban regeneration projects, with many of these being delivered through joint venture partnerships with local authorities or housing associations and have become industry reference points for good design and community development. He is a member of Vistry’s Executive Leadership Team and is Chief Strategy Officer.

Key skills and experience:

Moving from a 9-year career with Carillion, James joined the formally known Galliford Try Construction in 2001 as a Project Manager and since then worked for both the Construction and Partnerships Divisions holding several senior posts including Contracts Manager, Operations Director, Managing Director and Divisional Managing Director. When the Vistry Group was formed, James continued in the role of Divisional Managing Director for the North and Midlands and then moved on to become Divisional Chairman for the North and Midlands post the Countryside acquisition.

James graduated in 1992 from Nottingham Trent University with a first-class honours degree in Construction Management.

Key skills and experience:

Adam’s background in Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management laid the foundation for a diverse career in housebuilding. After joining the industry in 2009 with Bloor Homes, he expanded his expertise with Galliford Try Partnerships, where he gained insights into the partnership model, and later at Countryside Partnerships, where he helped establish the West Midlands division.

Over the years, Adam rose to the role of Managing Director in the West Midlands, followed by Divisional Managing Director, overseeing operations across the East Midlands, West Midlands, and South West. During this time, he successfully led the regions through Countryside’s year-end, contributing over £50m in EBITDA profit.

Following Countryside’s acquisition by Vistry Group in late 2022, Adam transitioned to his current role as Divisional Chair. Today, he brings his extensive commercial expertise to partnerships with local authorities, registered affordable housing providers, private rental funders, and community stakeholders, delivering high-quality living environments across Yorkshire, North Midlands & the West.