Barratt announces two significant promotions

Barratt David Wilson North Thames has promoted Karly Williams to operations director and Marc Woolfe to head of sales. 

Williams was the sales and marketing director at the housebuilder’s Watford-based division, which operates across the homes counties including Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire. Woolfe was the senior sales manager at Barratt David Wilson North Thames. 

As operations director, Williams will focus on areas including land, planning, technical and commercial. Much of her 20 year careeer has been within Barratt after joining in a customer service role. She was promoted to manager within three months then did a business degree to specialise in sales.

Williams became sales and marketing director in 2014 and during eight years in that role she has worked on dozens of schemes in the capital and across the South East.

”The property cycle over the past two years has been remarkable, and I have gained valuable experience in a variety of sales environments; from tackling international sales and navigating the prime London market during a less buoyant period, to overcoming site-specific challenges in order to consistently hit and exceed sales targets,” Williams said.

She said doing Barratt’s Catalyst training, the firm’s self-development course for women, in 2019 was a “turning point” for her career. 

Woolfe joined the company in 2012 on Barratt’s Aspire graduate scheme and worked in the South Midlands division. He was seconded to a Barratt Group project after successfully completing the Aspire scheme before returning to South Midlands as a sales manager in 2014.

After five years, Woolfe relocated to North Thames division, where he joined as a senior sales manager and was responsible for a team of sales managers. He was promoted to head of sales last month.

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Woolfe said: ”Primarily I am responsible for ensuring that the department achieves challenging sales targets alongside supporting the board in achieving the overall key business priorities.

“One of my favourite parts of the jobs is visiting our sites and seeing first-hand the sales teams performing well. As I undertake my new role, I want to continue to drive the department forward and ensure we consistently secure the excellent results that we have achieved over the past few years whilst ensuring we continue to develop our employees.”  

Barratt David Wilson North Thames has a number of developments across the Northern home counties, including its flagship 2,500-home mixed-use Kingsbrook scheme in Aylesbury. 

Barratt bought Leicestershire-based firm Wilson Bowden, including its housebuillding brand David Wilson for £2.7bn in 2007.