Leadership
Peter Mawson
Chair
Peter Mawson, BA MSc DipTP MRICS MRTPI, was appointed to the Board in October 2015, was made Senior Independent Non-executive Director in January 2016 and then became Chair in May 2022.
Peter has a wealth of experience in the management and leadership of professional service firms, together with senior practitioner expertise across the built environment, from both public and private sector perspectives. He is the Non-executive Chairman of Nexus Planning Limited and Board Representative for Paradise Circus Project for the Great Birmingham & Solihull Local Entreprise Partnership.
| Appointed to the board: | Non-executive Director (October 2015), Senior Independent Non-executive Director (January 2016) |
| Committee membership: | Nomination (Chair), Remuneration (Member), Responsible Business Committee (Member) |
| External Appointments: |
Non-executive Chairman of Nexus Planning Limited and Board Representative for Paradise Circus Project for the Great Birmingham & Solihull Local Entreprise Partnership |
Tim Roberts
Chief Executive Officer
Tim Roberts joined Henry Boot PLC as CEO in January 2020. Before joining Henry Boot, he was Head of Offices and Residential at British Land, joining their main Board in July 2006
Tim has responsibility for Group profitability and guides in the achievement of the highest level of return for a given level of risk. Along with Darren Littlewood, he is also responsible for communicating strategy and results to both private and institutional investors. Tim also relays subsidiary company strategy back to the main Board. He is also the director responsible for all health, safety and environmental matters.
| Appointed to the board: | Chief Executive Officer - January 2020 |
| Committee membership: | Responsible Business Committee (Member) |
| External Appointments: | n/a |
Darren Littlewood
Chief Financial Officer
Darren Littlewood joined the Company in 1998 working for Henry Boot Homes Limited, the Group’s former house building operation, before becoming heavily involved with Hallam Land Management Limited and Road Link (A69) Limited. He was made Group Financial Controller in 2008. He was appointed Chief Financial Officer in January 2016. Darren is also a director of the Company’s four principal operating subsidiaries - Henry Boot Construction Limited, Hallam Land Management Limited, Henry Boot Developments Limited and Banner Plant Limited.
Darren graduated from Durham University in 1996 with an honours degree in Maths, Physics and Chemistry and qualified as a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in 2007.
Darren is responsible to the Board for all financial and risk matters relating to the Henry Boot Group of Companies. He is heavily involved in investor communications and along with Tim Roberts, is also responsible for communicating strategy and results to both private and institutional investors.
| Appointed to the board: | Executive Director (January 2016) |
| Committee membership: | Responsible Business Committee (Member) |
| External Appointments: | n/a |
Joanne Lake
Senior Independent Director
Joanne Lake, BA FCA CF FCSI, was appointed to the Board in October 2015 and was made Non-executive Deputy Chairman in January 2016. The Deputy Chairman role was retired in May 2022 when Joanne became Senior Independent Director.
Joanne has over 30 years’ experience in accountancy and investment banking, including with Panmure Gordon, Evolution Securities, Williams de Broe and Pricewaterhouse. She is a Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment, and of the ICAEW, and is a member of the ICAEW’s Corporate Finance Faculty. Joanne is Chair of Made Tech Group plc, and a Non-executive Director of Gateley (Holdings) Plc, Honeycomb Investment Trust PLC and Braemar Shipping Services PLC.
| Appointed to the board: | Non-executive Director (October 2015), Non-executive Deputy Chairman (January 2016) |
| Committee membership: | Audit and Risk (Chair), Remuneration (Member), Responsible Business Committee (Member) |
| External Appointments: | Chair of Made Tech Group plc, Non-executive Director of Gateley (Holdings) Plc, Non-executive Director of Pollen Street PLC, Non-executive Director of Braemar PLC. |
James Sykes
Non-Executive Director
James Sykes, BA, ACA was appointed to the Board in 2011 as a Non-executive Director. He is Chairman and Partner in the London office of Saffery LLP , Chartered Accountants, which he joined from university in 1987. He is a Non-executive Director of Saffery Trust International in Guernsey.
As a partner in the Private Wealth and Estates Group at Saffery LLP he has many years’ experience in the UK strategic land market and brings that experience to Board decision-making generally, but particularly to Hallam Land Management Limited.
| Appointed to the board: | Non-executive non-independent Director (March 2011) |
| Committee membership: | Nomination (Member), Responsible Business Committee (Member) |
| External Appointments: | n/a |
Gerald Jennings
Non-Executive Director
Gerald has over 30 years experience in the retail and property industry. He joined Land Securities PLC in 1999 after spending 14 years with the Burton Group now known as Arcadia Group, where he was responsible for the company’s property portfolio throughout the UK. As Land Securities’ Retail Portfolio Director, based in the company’s Leeds office, Gerald and his team were responsible for city centre retail assets in the North and Scotland with a value in excess of £1bn and was responsible for the delivery of the one million sq ft Trinity Leeds retail scheme.
He is Non-executive Chairman of Social Communications (Leeds) Limited, a Non-executive Director of the Ahead Partnership and Director of G R Jennings Properties Ltd.
| Appointed to the board: | Non-executive Director (October 2015) |
| Committee membership: | Remuneration (Chair), Audit and Risk (Member), Nomination (Member) |
| External Appointments: | Non-executive Chairman of Social Communications (Leeds) Limited, Non-executive Director of the Ahead Partnership and Director of G R Jennings Properties Ltd |
Serena Lang
Non-Executive Director
Serena has extensive strategic leadership, growth and digital transformation experience. She brings diversity of thought to the Board having worked across multiple industries in complex industrial, engineering and construction environments and culturally diverse markets.
Serena is the Chair of Trifast plc and was formerly the Non-Executive Chair of AIM listed technology company Eleco plc from December 2014 - May 2023. Prior to joining Eleco plc, she previously held executive roles as Enterprise Client Executive at Invensys (now Schneider Electric), Global VP of Transformation at BP plc and as an Executive Consultant at Capgemini Ernst & Young.
| Appointed to the board: | Non-executive Director (August 2022) |
| Committee membership: | Audit and Risk (Member), Nomination (Member), Remuneration (Member), Responsible Business Committee (Chair) |
| External Appointments: | Chair of Trifast plc, Non-executive Director of Ainscough Crane Hire Ltd |
Talita Ferreira
Non-Executive Director
Talita Ferreira was appointed to the Board in January 2024 as a Non-executive Director and will become the Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee on 1 September 2024. Talita is also a Non-executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of FCE Bank plc.
A chartered accountant, Talita has extensive finance, risk and governance experience. She brings a wide range of leadership, people and strategic expertise to the Board from previous executive roles and her current role as CEO and founder of Authentic Change Solutions Limited, a management consultancy supporting leaders and organisations to transform leadership mindset and drive culture and change management.
| Appointed to the board: | Non-executive Director (January 2024) |
| Committee membership: | Audit and Risk (Member), Nomination (Member), Remuneration (Member), Responsible Business Committee (Member) |
| External Appointments: | Non-executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of FCE Bank plc, CEO and Founder of Authentic Change Solutions Limited. |
Amy Stanbridge
General Counsel and Company Secretary, Henry Boot PLC
Having obtained her academic qualifications at the Universities of Nottingham and Sheffield, Amy qualified as a solicitor in 2006. She is an experienced lawyer with a demonstrated history of working in-house in the public sector and construction industry. With a broad range of expertise across non-contentious construction matters, contract and commercial law and practice, corporate governance and compliance matters, she has worked at Henry Boot PLC since 2014.
