Callcut to head up EP

Forgot to blog this last week (slap on wrist!) but the former chief exec of Crest Nicholson has been appointed to be the new chief exec of English Partnerships. Callcutt headed up Crest for 14 years, steering their transformation from a relatively unremarkable housebuilder to one that wins lots of awards (despite, I might say, some pretty dubious 'design' still being churned out), and recently retired. He became their deputy chairman, but will give up that post when he takes up his new job in May.

He was originally a solicitor and I was interested to see that he is also a director of the BRE Trust, a member of the Law Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.