Construction Board Management Team

Paul Chandler - Group Managing Director

Paul has a strong reputation for people development and succession management. He places a particular emphasis on promoting young talent in construction.

Mark Tant - Managing Director, Wates Construction

Steffan Battle - Head of Pre-Construction

Steff believes that an effective and customer focused pre-construction service creates the culture and environment for a project to succeed. He is passionate about embracing and adopting technology and IT systems to support the design and procurement process to drive transparency and efficiency.

James Askew - Commercial Director

James is responsible for the commercial function within the Construction, SES and Residential North businesses.

Andrew Barraclough - Design Director, Wates Group

Andrew is passionate in his belief that good design means good business, and is committed to value-driven design informed by the business needs of the user and the through-life cost of the design in use.

Steve Beechey - Group Strategy Director and Managing Director Government Affairs

Steve is accountable for guiding, informing and co-ordinating relationships with government departments, including the Department for Education, MOD Defence Infrastructure Organisation and Ministry of Justice.

Nick Jones - Finance Director

Nick is a member of the ICAEW, a main board Director of both Wates Construction and SES, sits on the boards of a number of Wates investment companies and is a Trustee and Director of the Wates Group Pension Scheme.

Jason Knights - Managing Director, SES Engineering Services

Jason has 25 years experience across the commercial, residential, health and pharmaceutical sectors as a sub-contractor and major projects contractor.

Richard Shroll - Managing Director, Wates Residential London

Richard was appointed Managing Director, Wates Residential North in February 2018, after a long career in the construction industry which started as a 16-year-old apprentice carpenter.

John Carlin - Regional Managing Director, Construction Midlands

Paul Dodsworth - Regional Managing Director, Construction North

Phil Shortman - Managing Director, London

Phil has been involved and instrumental in restoring a number of Londons historic buildings and he has been at the forefront of the partnering/collaborative agenda for each project.

Ian Vickers - Managing Director, Home Counties

In a career spanning 30 years Ian has delivered several prestigious projects in both the public and private sectors, working with blue chip customers including GlaxoSmithKline, Land Securities and Cambridge and Oxford Universities.