John brings extensive leadership skills and over 40 years of housebuilding experience, principally through various senior roles at Redrow plc, including Group Chief Executive, Executive Chairman and then Non- executive Chairman, prior to him retiring from the Board in 2021. John was also a Non-executive Director of the Home Builders Federation until June 2025 and until 2020 he was also Chairman of the Home Building Skills Partnership.
John is Chair of the Nomination and Sustainability Committees and a member of the Remuneration Committee.
Chair
Appointed 1st Apr 2022
Jason Honeyman
Experience
Jason has over four decades of experience in the housebuilding industry, having started his career as a surveyor. Before joining Bellway in 2005, Jason held senior positions at several other housebuilders, including Fairclough Homes and Barratt Homes. Jason's first role at Bellway was as Managing Director of the Thames Gateway division, before taking the role of Southern Regional Chair in 2011. He was appointed to the Board in September 2017 as Chief Operating Officer and a year later in August 2018, as Chief Executive Officer.
Jason is Chair of the Board Committee on Non-Executive Directors’ Remuneration.
What he brings to the Board
Jason's exceptional leadership and extensive experience bring an invaluable insight to the Board, making him a well-respected and trusted leader.
Chief Executive
Appointed 1st Sep 2017
Shane Doherty
Shane, a Chartered Accountant, has significant experience in the housebuilding sector, having spent over four years at Cairn Homes. Prior to this, he held a number of senior finance roles and brings extensive leadership and board experience with a record of delivering financial and operational growth across a number of industries.
Shane is a member of the Board Committee on Non-Executive Directors’ Remuneration and the Sustainability Committee.
Chief Financial Officer
Appointed 2nd Dec 2024
Simon Scougall
Simon joined Bellway in March 2011 and has held senior positions within the Group including that of Group Commercial Director and Group General Counsel and Company Secretary.
Simon joined the Board as Chief Commercial Officer on 1 August 2024.
Simon is a member of the Board Committee on Non-Executive Directors’ Remuneration and the Sustainability Committee.
Chief Commercial Officer
Appointed 1st Aug 2024
Sarah Whitney
Sarah, a chartered accountant, was appointed to the Board as a non-executive director on 1 September 2022.
She was formerly a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers and held roles as Head of the Consulting & Research business at DTZ Holdings (now Cushman & Wakefield), and then at CBRE as an Executive Director heading the Government & Infrastructure team.
Previously has held a Non-executive Director role at St Modwen Properties PLC and was Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee of The Land Trust.
Sarah is the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director and a member of the Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees.
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed 1st Sep 2022
Other appointments
JP Morgan Global Growth & Income plc
A Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit and Remuneration Committees and member of both the Nomination Committee and Management Engagement Committee.
Regional REIT Limited
A Non-Executive Director and member of the Audit, Nomination and Management Engagement and Remuneration Committees.
University College London
Chair of Audit Committee and Member of Council.
International Public Partnerships
Non-Executive Director and Chair Designate, also a member of the Audit and Risk, Management Engagement, ESG and Nomination and Remuneration Committees.
Nuffield College, University of Oxford
A Member of the Investment Committee.
Gill Barr
Gill brings extensive strategy, marketing and general management experience across a broad range of industries. She has served in Non-Executive Director roles since 2004, with previous board roles at Morgan Sindall Group Plc, PayPoint plc, Wincanton plc, N Brown Group plc, and McCarthy & Stone plc, as well as Trustee Director at Willis Towers Watson.
She is an experienced Chair of Remuneration Committees and has held positions as Senior Independent Director and Employee Engagement Director.
Gill’s earlier career was spent in multi-site retail organisations including Kingfisher Plc, The Co-operative Group, and John Lewis. She holds an MBA from London Business School.
Gill is Chair of the Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Audit and Nomination Committees.
Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed 15th Sep 2025
Other appointments
DFS Furniture plc
Non-Executive Director, Chair of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit, Nomination and Sustainability Committees.
Ian McHoul
Ian was appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director on 1 February 2018, and appointed as Chairman of the Audit Committee on 12 December 2018. Ian qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG in 1984. His early career was spent in the brewing industry. Between 1985 and 1995 he held various positions with the Foster’s Brewing Group, including General Manager, Strategy. He was Finance & Strategy Director of the Inntrepreneur Pub Company Limited from 1995 to 1998 and then served at Scottish & Newcastle plc from 1998 to 2008, first as Finance Director of Scottish Courage and later as Group Finance Director of Scottish & Newcastle plc. From 2008 to 2017 he was Chief Financial Officer of Amec Foster Wheeler plc.
He was also a non-executive director of Premier Foods plc from July 2004 to April 2013.
Ian is Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees.
Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed 1st Feb 2018
Jill Caseberry
Jill was appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director on 1 October 2017. Jill has extensive sales, marketing and general management experience across a number of blue chip companies including Mars, PepsiCo and Premier Foods.
Jill is a member of the Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees.
Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed 1st Oct 2017
Other appointments
C&C Group plc
Non-Executive Director and a member of the Remuneration and Audit Committees.
Halfords Group plc
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director, Remuneration Committee Chair and a member of the Audit, Nomination and ESG Committees.
St. Austell Brewery Company Limited
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director. Chair of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Nomination Committees.
Cecily Davis
Cecily was appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director on 1 May 2024. Cecily has extensive legal, construction and infrastructure experience, combined with a wealth of senior executive experience and general management experience.
Cecily is a member of the Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees.
Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed 1st May 2024
Other appointments
Fieldfisher LLP
Engineering, Procurement and Construction Partner, and Co-Head of Africa Group
Social Housing REIT PLC
Non-Executive Director and member of the Sustainability & Impact and Nomination Committee.
Phil Hope
Phil joined Bellway in 2010 and has held various senior finance positions within the Group including that of Group Financial Controller.
In his 15 years at Bellway, Phil has played a key role in strengthening the Group’s financial management and governance frameworks, contributing to its continued growth and resilience in the UK housebuilding sector.
Prior to joining Bellway, Phil was an Audit Manager at KPMG, where he gained valuable insight into financial reporting, corporate governance and regulatory compliance across a range of sectors. Phil qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG in 2006.
