Peter Gore joins Weston Homes from Taylor Wimpey London, where he was managing director for the past three years.
He had previously worked in senior delivery and construction director roles at Barratt Homes and Mount Anvil on projects ranging from traditional housing through to complex multi-storey projects.
Since 2017 Weston Homes has bought enough land to deliver 拢2.13bn (gross completed value) of residential and mixed use development across outer London and the southeast. This which includes 20 current active sites and more than 7,500 new homes in the pipeline 鈥 including both traditional housing and large urban regeneration projects.
Weston projects include the 拢350m Abbey Quays urban village in Barking, the 拢60m Cambridge Military Hospital in Aldershot, the 拢500m Lorimer Village in Goodmayes (Ilford), the 拢50m Town Quay Wharf in Barking, the 拢53m Victoria Central in Southend-on-Sea and the 拢85m The Laundry Works in Watford.
Peter Gore said he was joining the business 鈥渁t an exciting time of major growth and expansion鈥.
His new boss, Bob Weston, chairman and managing director of Weston Homes, said: 鈥淧eter Gore brings with him a wealth of construction, team development and customer satisfaction experience which will be instrumental as Weston Homes undertakes the delivery of our sizable portfolio of developments, as we work to meet the rising demand for housing in London and the southeast.鈥
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