Huw Davies; Chairman

Huw was appointed Chairman of Wates Developments in May 2008. He also holds the position of Chief Financial Officer for the Wates Group, and is the Chairman of Needspace?. He is a non executive director of the West Bromwich Building Society. 

Huw was previously Head of Corporate Finance at Taylor Woodrow. He has also held key positions with KPMG, Ernst and Young, and the Government of Oman.

David Brocklebank; Managing Director

David joined Wates in 1995 working in the land team during the early years of his career in development.  Following a break with the company to expand his experience with volume homebuilders David Wilson and Berkeley, he returned to the House building arm of Wates in 2001.  As Operations Director David was a principal figure in Wates’ strategic refocus from house building to land management, planning and investment in Joint Ventures. 

He was appointed as Managing Director of Wates Developments at the beginning of 2005. David holds a Masters Degree in Land Management and is a Chartered Surveyor.

John Jarrett; Financial Director

John Jarrett joined Wates in October 2007 following a 28 year career at Taylor Woodrow and is a qualified certified accountant. During his time at Taylor Woodrow he undertook a number of roles including assistant to Chief Executive (during which time the business acquired Bryant Homes), Business Development Manager for the commercial property business and Financial Director for a number of group companies culminating in the London region of Bryant Homes (£200m per annum housing business). In his role as FD of Wates Developments John brings with him a wealth of financial knowledge and expertise for the next stages in the growth of the Developments business.

Simon Breen; Development Director

Simon joined Wates Developments in July 2010. He started his career with volume house builder Barratt Homes in 1996. During which time he gained a vast wealth of experience and expertise in greenfield and brownfield land acquisition and planning delivery for both Residential and Mixed use Development. He spent 10 highly successful years with the company before joining award winning private developer Bewley Homes in 2006. This role involved the delivery of bespoke housing and apartment schemes in the company's core operating area of London and the Home Counties.

Simon is responsible for the delivery of short and medium term land opportunities and overseeing the Development Team’s acquisition of development land.

Simon Knight; Senior Land and Planning Manager

Simon has worked in the development sector for over 20 years with Wimpey, Rialto and Blue Circle before joining Wates in 2000. He is responsible for the acquisition of land and delivery of planning consents across a range of projects. 
He is a highly experienced member of the team with recognised strengths in the project management of large sites and Joint Ventures.

John Tarvit; Senior Land and Planning Manager

John joined Wates Developments from a successful background of 20 years experience in planning, land and property matters gained at Charles Church, House Builders’ Federation and Redrow Homes.
He is a Chartered Town Planner and as such is responsible for the management of a wide range of existing development projects, both in long term strategic land and short term applications.  John advises on all planning matters for the Company, whilst being highly active in Wates’ pursuit of new land.