Taylor Wimpey makes Kevin Beeston new chairman

14th May 2010 07:01

Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey has appointed Kevin Beeston as non-executive chairman to succeed Norman Askew.Beeston, who recently left service company Serco after 25 years with the company and 8 years as its chairman, will take on the role with effect from 1 July.Askew, also chairman of engineer IMI, will step down on 30 June. He has been chairman of Taylor Woodrow since July 2003 and continued his role when the company merged with Wimpey in July 2007. Kevin Beeston said "Having spent the majority of my career with Serco Group, I am looking forward immensely to applying my service experience to Taylor Wimpey's future strategic direction and development." Chief executive Pete Redfern added "Kevin brings significant experience of senior management roles within a growing public company and I look forward to working with him to deliver value to shareholders."