Keepmoat appoints new chief financial officer

Housebuilder Keepmoat has appointed Mark Dilley as chief financial officer.

Keepmoat, which ranked 12th in Housing Today’s Top 50 Housebuilders 2024 with turnover of £864m, has appointed Mark Dilley as chief financial officer.

Dilley’s career of more than three decades includes stints as chief financial officer at Tilia Homes and group finance director at Town Centre Securities.

He also spent 14 years at Asda, where he was vice president of retail and property finance.

Tim Beale, chief executive at Keepmoat, added: “It’s great to have Mark on board.

”He brings a wealth of experience from not only the housebuilding sector but also property investment and fast-moving consumer goods retail. He is the perfect person to work alongside me and the other members of our executive board as we steer Keepmoat through its next stage of development.”

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Keepmoat’s strategy in recent years has been to focus on regeneration and partnership deals.

More than 65% of its current developments are on brownfield sites.

At 31 October 2023, the number of planned future completions within the land pipeline, including sites where Keepmoat had been appointed as preferred developer, was more than 23,100. 

Meanwhile, 7,000-home housing association Alliance Homes has  appoitned Jon McMahon as chief financial officer.

He has previously worked as finance director at PG Group, where he helped with regeneration and new build schemes including the Carriage Works development in Bristol.

Elsewhere in the housing sector, Gleeson Homes has brought in a former Barratt and Redrow boss to be its new group construction director.