Rydon Homes Board
John Kitchin
Managing Director - Rydon Homes
John is the Managing Director of Rydon Homes, a position he took up in January 2006. John joined Rydon in 1986 as Legal Director and was appointed to the Group Board in 1998. John is a graduate in law (LLB) from University College, London.
Warwick Barnes
Deputy Managing Director, Director of Current Land
Warwick joined the Land Department at Rydon Homes in 1986 and gained experience purchasing residential development opportunities in Sussex, Surrey, Kent, Hants, Herts, Essex and the Greater London Boroughs. He progressed through the Rydon management organisation within the Land department and became a Director in 2007.
Mike Jones
Strategic Land Director
Mike is a Chartered Town planner with over 30 years experience in town planning and residential development. He began his career working with a firm of Architects before spending 6 years working as a planner in local government. He then joined the House Builders Federation where he spent 4 years working as a Regional Planning Officer. This was followed by several years working as a Land Manager with two volume house builders before joining Rydon in March 1997.
Peter Hance
Design and Development Director
Peter graduated with an honours Degree in Building Technology & Management in 1971 and has worked for three companies during his career. This has involved him in many aspects of the build process but principally with responsibilities for construction.
He joined Rydon in 1995 and worked with the Construction division, reaching the position of Construction Director in 2000.
In 2006 he moved to Rydon Homes where he initially took over responsibility for Production before taking up his current role.
James Chase
Production Director
James joined Rydon Construction in 2001 as a Quantity Surveyor working on a wide variety of projects. James moved to Rydon Homes in 2005 where he took up the position of Contracts Manager and was promoted to his current position of Production Director in October 2010.