Our Board
Steve Morgan
Chairman
Steve is Chairman of the Bridgemere Group of Companies and Wolverhampton Wanderers FC. Until 2000, he was Chairman of Redrow plc, which he founded in 1974 and grew into a highly successful FTSE 250 company. Steve was also a Non Executive Director of De Vere Group plc in which Bridgemere was the largest shareholder until the group was sold in 2006 to AHG. In 1992 he was awarded the OBE for services to the construction industry.
Mike Riding
Managing Director
Mike has 20 years experience in property and brownfield regeneration. With a background in Public Sector Civil Engineering, Mike went on to become Technical Director for Dorbcrest Homes in 1995 and Land Director at JGB Investments in 1997, producing an aquisition portfolio of brownfield regeneration sites for development or investment.
Ashley Lewis
Finance Director
Ashley qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Binder Hamlyn (now part of Deloitte). After a two-year secondment in practice in South Africa, he returned to the UK to gain commercial experience across a wide variety of business sectors, most recently in the home improvement field, where he was Group Finance Director of Homeform Group. He was extensively involved in the floatation of this business in 1996 and the subsequent management buyout in 2000. Ashley was also a Non-Executive Director on the board of Manchester City Football Club from 1994 until 2005.
Jonathan Masters
Commercial Director
Jonathan Masters is a broadly experienced Chartered Quantity Surveyor with particular expertise in Project Management and Financial Accountability. Jonathan is a former Regional Director of Faithful & Gould, worldwide, and is a member of the WS Atkins plc group of companies. He was previously an Associate Partner of Silk & Frazier, Chartered Quantity Surveyors and Project Consultants.
Vincent Fairclough
Solicitor Legal Director
Vincent founded the Property Law Practice in 1990, which merged with Hill Dickinson in 1997. He has extensive experience in both private practice and industry, and was previously in-house Legal Director with Wainhomes plc and Redrow plc.
Jennie Daly
Planning Director
Jennie Daly is responsible for the company's planning function, including:- opportunity appraisal, asset management, strategic monitoring and planning promotion. Jennie has gained experience working in both the public and private sectors, most recently within the strategic land function of Westbury Homes plc, where she was involved in the provision of strategic planning advice, site appraisal, land acquisition and strategic site promotion.
Mark Nicholls
Technical Director
Mark is an experienced Civil Engineer having started his career with Redrow Construction in 1990 and later joining Redrow Homes. During this period he studied for a part-time Degree in Civil Engineering and graduated with First Class Honours in 1996. In 1998, Mark joined David Wilson Homes North West, part of Wilson Bowden plc and became Technical Director in 2001. He assisted the growth of this new region through the successful acquisition of technically difficult, brownfield sites. Mark was also part of the team that helped to acquire Chapelford, a 227-acre, former airforce base in Warrington.