Jennie Daly is new TW ceo

Jennie Daly has been appointed as chief executive of Taylor Wimpey, taking over from Pete Redfern who announced his intention to step down late last year. Daly will take over after the firm’s Annual General Meeting on April 26 2022.

Daly, who will be the first female ceo of a major housebuilder, is currently group operations director of Taylor Wimpey and a member of the board of directors. In her current role, she oversees Taylor Wimpey's land, planning, design, technical, sustainability, production and supply chain functions, as well as managing the Taylor Wimpey Logistics business.

Daly has almost 30 years of experience in the housebuilding and land and planning industries. She joined Taylor Wimpey in 2014 from Redrow where she was managing director of its Harrow Estates business and, prior to that, was group land manager at Westbury. Her early career was in local authority and council planning roles in Macclesfield and Blackpool. Daly is also a non-executive director of the Peabody Trust and of the New Homes Quality Board.

TW says the appointment follows a thorough recruitment and selection process that considered a long list of industry and non-industry candidates, along with extensive consultation with shareholders.

TW chair Irene Dorner said: "I …