CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR

摘要

Greg Fitzgerald, CEO and acting chairman of Galliford Try, impressed the judges for having steered the company from a sub-£100m market cap business to the £1.75bn FTSE 250 giant it is today. The transformation was underpinned last year when Fitzgerald spearheaded the company's acquisition of Miller Construction, a fitting cap to a career that has seen Fitzgerald win a deserved reputation both as one of the industry's most determined leaders, and as one of its most respected characters. Fitzgerald, who has been with the firm for 34 years, was appointed to the board in July 2003, initially as MD of the housebuilding division. He was appointed CEO in July 2005 and then executive chairman on 21 October 2014. Prior to this, he was a founder of Midas Homes in 1992 and its MD when it was acquired in 1997, subsequently chairing Midas Homes and Gerald Wood Homes. He is also a non-executive director of the National House Building Council.