Taylor joins UK鈥檚 largest housebuilder as South-east development director
Former Rider Levett Bucknall chief executive Lance Taylor has joined the UK鈥檚 largest housebuilder, Persimmon Homes, as its development director for the South-east.
Taylor, who led RLB鈥檚 拢40m-turnover, 400-strong UK business for seven years, will be responsible for delivering developments in Persimmon鈥檚 South-east region.
Persimmon turned over 拢2.1bn in its last full financial year to 31 December 2013 and delivered 11,528 homes, 5,878 of which were built by its Persimmon South division.
In a statement Persimmon said Taylor鈥檚 appointment would 鈥渟pearhead its growth in the South-east鈥�.
The firm鈥檚 chief executive Jeff Fairburn added: 鈥淟ance鈥檚 appointment will strengthen our team in the South-east, as we work hard to deliver much needed homes in that region.
鈥淗e brings with him a wealth of experience from Rider Levett Bucknall in managing and delivering very high profile projects.鈥�
Taylor said: 鈥淭his is a very exciting time to be joining the housebuilding industry and Persimmon has an enviable reputation in the delivery of good quality homes across the UK.
鈥淚鈥檓 looking forward to bringing my own experience from consultancy into the company to take the business forward in the South-east.鈥�
Taylor joined RLB UK as head of project management 11 years ago and moved up the ranks to become a national and then global director.
RLB is an alliance of three independent companies based out of the UK, Hong Kong and Australia, which together employ 3,500 people across more than 120 global offices.
As chief executive, Taylor expanded RLB UK into new international markets and increased major project work.
RLB UK announced Taylor was stepping down to 鈥減ursue new opportunities鈥� in September this year.
The consultant is expected to announce its new leadership team imminently.
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