12 June 2026    

HENRY BOOT PLC

Appointment of new Managing Director at Stonebridge Homes

Henry Boot, a company engaged in land promotion, property investment and development, and home building, today announces that it has appointed Warren Thompson as the new Managing Director for Stonebridge Homes (SBH), the group's home building division. As part of the appointment, Warren will become a member of both the group's Executive and Investment Committees.

Warren will join the business from Keepmoat Homes towards the end of the year, where he currently serves as Regional Managing Director, with responsibility for Yorkshire West. He brings more than 30 years' industry experience with the last 20 years in senior leadership roles with national house builders including as Northern Divisional Managing Director at Miller Homes and Regional Chief Executive for the Midlands & North West at Redrow Homes, as well as at Avant Homes and Harron Homes.

In the interim period, Ed Hutchinson will continue to oversee SBH alongside his upcoming role as the group's new Chief Executive Officer. In addition, Jenny Purple, the current National Disposals Director at the group's strategic land business, Hallam Land, will assume an interim elevated leadership role at SBH until Warren arrives.

CEO of Henry Boot, Tim Roberts, said: "Warren is highly experienced in house building across the UK and has a strong track record of delivering growth and operational performance. Stonebridge Homes remains an important part of Henry Boot's future growth strategy, and I believe Warren's appointment will help us unlock the business's huge potential." 

Warren Thompson commented: "I'm delighted to be joining Stonebridge Homes, a business that has built a strong reputation for delivering high-quality homes and creating places where people want to live. I'm looking forward to working with the team to build on that success and support the next phase of its development." 

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Notes to editors

Henry Boot is one of the UK's leading land, property development and home building businesses - and we've been transforming land and spaces since 1886. Listed on the London Stock Exchange for nearly 100 years, we're renowned for quality, expertise, delivery and a partnership approach across the group, which comprises Hallam Land, HBD, Stonebridge Homes and Banner Plant. We have developed a responsible business strategy to help us meet our aim of being net zero carbon by 2030.

Operating across the UK, and employing over 400 people, we focus on three key markets: residential, industrial and logistics, and urban development. Hallam Land has facilitated 52,000 new homes since 1990, managing one of the top five largest land portfolios in the country, with the potential to facilitate over 100,000 homes.

HBD manages a development pipeline of £1.4 billion, the equivalent of 7 million sq ft of developments across our key markets, while maintaining a c.£120 million investment portfolio.

Stonebridge Homes, our jointly-owned home building business, manages a land portfolio capable of delivering 1,500 homes, with an ambition to deliver up to 600 new homes a year.

For 65 years, Banner Plant has supplied construction products and services, operating from seven regional depots in the north of England.

From land promotion and property development investment to home building and plant hire, Henry Boot is where great places start.

henryboot.co.uk

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Tim Roberts, Chief Executive Officer

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