CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR

摘要

Turning a business around in boom times is one thing. Turning one around in the depths of a recession is another - and no mean feat. And no one knows this better than Taylor Wimpcy chief executive Pete Redfern. He navigated the firm through some of the toughest years in its history before selling off the US arm at a crucial moment last year. Now, 12 months on, the group is the biggest housebuilder in the UK and the 40-year-old boss is a worthy chief executive of the year. Redfern has had his work cut out for several years, and is best known for navigating the group through the 2007 merger of George Wimpey and Taylor Woodrow and facing the resulting combined group's debt just before the recession. This saw Taylor Wimpcy report the biggest ever corporate loss by a UK housebuilder - £1.8bn for 2008. Today,