GALLIFORD TRY HOLDINGS - Key Persons


Alison Wood

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Nomination Committee
  • Director
  • Member of the Remuneration Committee
  • Board As Non - Executive Director
  • Non - Executive Chair / Chair of the Nomination Committee, Member of the Remuneration Committee
Alison joined the Board as Non-executive Director with effect from 1 April 2022 and was appointed Chair of the Board and Chair of the Nomination Committee on 21 September 2022. Alison has extensive experience from previous roles including Group Strategic Director at BAE Systems, Global Director of Strategy and Corporate Development at National Grid PLC. Alison is a Non-executive Director at TT Electronics PLC and Oxford Instruments PLC, Oxford Instruments PLC and the British Standards Institution.

Andrew Duxbury - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Group Finance Director
  • Finance Director / Executive Director and Member of the Executive Board
Andrew Duxbury was appointed Group Finance Director in March 2019. Andrew joined Galliford Try in March 2012 as Group Financial Controller and from 2016, held a number of operational finance roles, including Finance Director of Linden Homes. Andrew is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and, prior to joining Galliford Try, he worked for PwC.

Babita Pawar

Job Titles:
  • Corporate & External Communications

Ben Kunicki


Bill Hocking

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Chief Executive / Executive Director and Member of the Executive Board
Bill Hocking was appointed to Galliford Try's Board as Chief Executive on 3 January 2020 following the sale of the Group's housing businesses. Prior to that, Bill was Chief Executive of Construction & Investments from 1 August 2016, having joined Galliford Try as Managing Director of Construction in September 2015. He joined the Group from Skanska UK plc, where he held the position of Executive Vice President on the Executive Management Team of Skanska UK from 2008, having initially joined the company in 1990.

Ian Jubb

Job Titles:
  • Executive
  • Member of the Executive Board
  • Managing Director, Building / Member of the Executive Board
Ian Jubb was appointed to the Executive Board of Galliford Try on 3 January 2020. He joined the Group as Managing Director for the North and Scotland Building Division on the acquisition of Miller Construction in July 2014, subsequently taking responsibility for all Building operations in May 2019. He has more than 37 years' experience in the construction industry, with the last 20 including senior positions with Miller Construction and Taylor Woodrow.

Kevin Corbett - Chief Legal Officer, Secretary

Job Titles:
  • Company Secretary
  • Executive
  • General Counsel
  • Member of the Executive Board
  • General Counsel and Company Secretary / Member of the Executive Board
Kevin Corbett joined the Executive Board of Galliford Try plc on 1 February 2012 and was appointed General Counsel and Company Secretary on 1 March 2012. Kevin was previously Chief Counsel Global for AECOM.

Marisa Cassoni

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Audit Committee
  • Chartered Accountant
  • Director
  • Member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committees
  • Non - Executive Director / Chair of the Audit Committee Member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committees
Marisa Cassoni was appointed to the Board on 1 September 2018. Marisa is a chartered accountant with more than 40 years' experience as a finance professional. Her previous roles include Group Finance Director of the John Lewis Partnership, Royal Mail Group, Britannic Assurance Group and Prudential UK Group. Marisa has more than 20 years' experience as an Executive Board member. Marisa was also formerly a Non-executive Director of Skipton Building Society and and Ei Group plc.

Mark Baxter

Job Titles:
  • Executive
  • Member of the Executive Board
  • Managing Director, Specialist Services / Member of the Executive Board
Mark Baxter was appointed to the Executive Board of Galliford Try on 3 January 2020. He joined the Group in February 2014 from Miller Construction, taking on responsibility for the Group's Investments Division. In March 2018, Mark additionally took on responsibility for the FM Division and, in 2019, the specialist businesses Rock and Alluvium and Oak Dry Lining. With more than 20 years of industry and PPP experience, he has held a number of senior roles including Director for all PPP activities at Miller Construction.

Martin Pengelly

Job Titles:
  • Teneo Communications

Michael Topham

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees
  • Non - Executive Director
  • Chief Executive Officer of Biffa Ltd
Michael was appointed to the Board on 1 June 2023. Michael is the Chief Executive Officer of Biffa Ltd. He joined Biffa in 2010 and was appointed to the role of Chief Financial Officer in 2013. In 2018, he became Chief Executive of Biffa. Michael has over 25 years of executive management experience and is a Chartered Accountant and Director of the Environmental Services Association (ESA).

Sally Boyle

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees
  • Non - Executive Director
  • Board As Non - Executive Director
Sally joined the Board as Non-executive Director on 1 May 2022 and became Chair of the Group's Employee Forum on 1 June 2023. She has extensive experience from roles including the law firm Simmons and Simmons and Goldman Sachs International as Partner and Head of Human Capital Management. Sally also sat on the board of Goldman Sachs International. Sally is a Non-executive Director of the Royal Air Force.

Terry Miller

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
  • Director
  • Member of the Audit and Nomination Committees
  • Non - Executive Director and Senior Independent Director / Chair of the Remuneration Committee Member of the Audit and Nomination Committees
Terry Miller was appointed to the Board on 1 February 2014. Terry is a Non-executive Director of Goldman Sachs International and Goldman Sachs International Bank, part of the multinational investment bank and financial services company Goldman Sachs Group. She is also a Non-executive Director and Senior Independent Director of insurance company Rothesay Life and Rothesay Holdings Limited, and a Non-executive Director and Senior Independent Director of Stelrad Group plc, a leading specialist manufacturer and distributor of steel panel radiators. Terry is also a Non-executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of the British Equestrian Federation. Terry was also a Trustee of the Invictus Games Foundation. She was previously General Counsel for the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG). Prior to her LOCOG appointment, Terry was International General Counsel for Goldman Sachs, having spent 17 years with Goldman Sachs based in London.

Vikki Skene

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Board
  • HR Director / Member of the Executive Board
Vikki Skene joined the Executive Board of Galliford Try on 3 January 2020, having initially joined the Group in June 2016 as HR Director of its Construction & Investments business. She has more than 20 years' experience in both construction and HR and was previously UK Employee Relations Director at Balfour Beatty, where she held a number of senior HR roles.