Ex-rate setter Kate Barker joins Taylor Wimpey

3rd Feb 2011 08:13

Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey has employed the services of former Bank of England policymaker Kate Barker as an independent non executive director.Barker, who left the central bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) last year after a nine-year stint, will take up her new role on 21 April.She has also led independent reviews for the government on UK Housing Supply and on Land Use Planning, and is a board member of the Homes and Communities Agency, though she'll relinquish that role before joining the company.Chairman Kevin Beeston is "delighted" at Barker's appointment. "She will bring to the company a wealth of economic and political experience as well as a detailed knowledge of the housing industry," he says.As well as other non-exec positions with Electra Private Equity plc and Yorkshire Building Society, Barker is a senior adviser to Credit Suisse and chairs the Northern Ireland Economic Advisory Group.Andrew Dougal and Katherine Innes Ker are both standing down after spending eight and nine years as non-execs.