The Executive Leadership Team has responsibility for all of the day-to-day management of the business, and for developing and implementing the strategy approved by the Board.
Greg Fitzgerald
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.
TIM LAWLOR
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.
Stephen Teagle
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.
Clare Bates
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.
Michael Stirrop
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.
Mike Woolliscroft
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 Divisional Chair for the Countryside Partnerships London business units.
