Mark Clare was appointed Group Chief Executive of Barratt Developments Plc, the UK's largest housebuilder, in October 2006.
As Chief Executive, Mark has focussed the organisation on quality and customer service, and the company is now acknowledged as the industry leader in this respect. Most recently the company has committed to the adoption of Building For Life 12 design principles throughout its future developments - the first housebuilder to do so.
Previously Managing Director of Centrica's British Gas Residential Energy operation, Mark 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 from 2001 until it was taken over in 2006.
Mark is a panel member of the Lyons Housing Review, an independent review being carried out by Sir Michael Lyons for Labour's Policy Review. He is also a member of the Government's Construction Leadership Council, is a Trustee of the BRE Trust and of the UK Green Building Council. He also sits on the CBI Construction Council.
He joined the Board of United Utilities Group PLC in November 2013 as a Non-Executive Director.
