Taylor Wimpey picks Jennie Daly as first woman to lead a major housebuilder

A woman is to run a FTSE 100 housebuilder for the first time after Jennie Daly was appointed to the top job at Taylor Wimpey.

The company, one of Britain’s biggest developers, has been searching for a new chief executive since December, when its long-time boss, Pete Redfern, announced that he would be leaving the business after 14 years.

Taylor Wimpey had been looking both internally and externally for its next leader but has gone with Daly, who has sat on the board for the past four years as group operations director. She joined Taylor Wimpey in 2014 as UK planning director from Redrow, another housebuilder.

“Jennie has extensive experience in the housebuilding sector. She has demonstrated exceptional leadership and a razor-sharp operational focus,” Irene