Henry Boot announces organisational changes to support future growth

Henry Boot announces today that it has made a number of promotions and organisational changes in line with its ongoing commitment to further enhancing efficiency and driving improved operational performance.

In March, the group commenced a Future Ways of Working (FWoW) programme, designed to drive growth by harnessing closer working relationships, aligning working practises and leveraging synergies. The sale of Henry Boot Construction, announced in September, was a key step in simplifying the group’s structure and increasing our focus on high quality land, prime property development and premium homes. Through FWoW we aim to strengthen the group’s agility, resilience and responsiveness whilst efficiently managing the cost base and improving the sharing of expertise and resources between Henry Boot’s businesses. To progress this further, we have taken the decision to reshape some group functions and refresh the Executive Committee (Exco).

To this end the group is pleased to announce the promotion of Steven Stacey to the newly created role of Chief Operating Officer (COO), where his focus will be on helping drive efficiency, collaboration and alignment across the group, while being responsible for Henry Boot’s central functions of Legal, IT, Marketing and Risk.  Steven has been with the group for almost nine years, most recently as Henry Boot’s Group Finance Director where he reported directly to CFO, Darren Littlewood.  In this new role Steven will also join the group’s Exco and report directly to CEO, Tim Roberts.

At Stonebridge Homes (SBH) Steve Errington has stepped down as Managing Director and will be leaving the business immediately. Whilst the search for a permanent replacement is already underway, Ed Hutchinson, currently Managing Director of HBD and Exco member, will serve as Interim Managing Director of SBH. In this role he will continue to progress the integration of SBH into the group through the FWoW programme. Ed has successfully led HBD for the past seven years and has extensive expertise in building and construction processes, as well as land acquisition, planning and stakeholder engagement, including customers. He has overseen the successful delivery of a number of major residential developments for HBD, including The Chocolate Works in York and SETL in Birmingham. 

Hamer Boot, who is currently Director of Investment and Funding at HBD, will assume day-to-day responsibility for leading the HBD’s Strategic Board, while Ed focusses on SBH. Hamer was promoted to his current role in 2020, having joined HBD in 2013 from CBRE. His expertise and experience will ensure that HBD remains firmly focussed on delivering its development programme while selectively adding future opportunities to its £1.3bn pipeline.

Jaimie Read, who joined Henry Boot in 2017, has been promoted to the role of Company Secretary and will lead the CoSec team while reporting to the CFO.  Jaimie assumes the role from Amy Stanbridge, General Counsel and Company Secretary, who will be leaving the business after 11 years.  In her role and as a member of Exco, Amy has been responsible for initiatives to improve legal engagement and ensure good governance. 

These appointments follow the group’s announcement in September 2025 that Iain MacSween will succeed Nick Duckworth as Managing Director of Hallam Land on 1 January 2026, at which time he will also join Exco. His appointment ensures continuity and strong leadership for the business as we accelerate planning applications for new homes across the country.

The CEO, CFO and People Director as well as the Managing Director of Banner Plant will continue in their current roles as members of Exco, thereby ensuring stability and continuity at the core of the group. Members of Exco will report to the CEO.