Executive team

Rob’s passion for placemaking has driven a career in property and housebuilding that spans almost 30 years.  He founded the company in 2003, and his focus on innovation, infrastructure, community and collaboration has positioned Thakeham as an industry leader.

Rob is a champion for meaningful change within the sector. He is a founding member of the HBF’s Future Homes Taskforce and Thakeham was the first housebuilder in the UK to sign the SME Climate Commitment, part of the UN’s Race To Zero Campaign.

As CEO and part-owner, Rob’s role is to set the company aims and mission. To provide unified leadership, setting and shaping the strategic goals, objectives and delivery for the short and long term. He is also responsible for promoting the business externally and overseeing growth plans.

As Chief Operating Officer, Alastair leads the day-to-day operations of the business in accordance with the strategic plan and operating and capital budgets. His role is to bring CEO’s vision to life and ensure implementation of company strategies into daily operations.

Alastair brings 30 years property experience focussed on asset management and funding. Prior to joining Thakeham in March 2024, Alastair served as Managing Director of Hargreaves Group for eight years, overseeing its transition from founder run to executive management. He was the first non-family member to hold the position of Managing Director. Alastair is MRICS – Chartered Surveyor.

As Chief Production Officer, Calum is responsible for the performance, delivery and customer satisfaction of all developments to ensure we deliver a high-quality product, safely. He also delivers change to revolutionise the way we build.

Calum has 17 years’ experience within the construction industry, starting out as a carpenter before a change of direction in 2008 took him into site management with the Berkeley Group. He joined Thakeham in 2017, project-managing a large exemplar development. Since then, Calum has taken increasing responsibility for sites in production during a period of business growth.

Jeremy brings over 30 years of housebuilding sector experience, including over 13 years in senior management roles within the Berkeley Group, focused on infrastructure led developments. He was appointed to the executive team in September 2023 having joined Thakeham as Managing Director – Engineering, Technical & Commercial in May 2022.

Jeremy manages the pre-development activities – from identification of land through to planning permission – including the cost plan, development programme and viability to ensure delivery of the business plan and financial year targets. He supports the sustainability team in determining our corporate and project objectives.

Peter joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director in 2024. In this role he will provide commercial advice and oversight on corporate decision-making.

During his distinguished 40-year career in construction and housebuilding, Peter has held senior roles at several leading developers, including the board of Taylor Wimpey. He also held the post of deputy chairman of the Home Building Federation and was one of four practitioners tasked with writing the National Planning Policy Framework for England.

He currently serves as Chairman at Burrington Estates Ltd, The Corserv Group of Companies, Dorchester Group and Twindig, and is a non-executive director at Fibre Ltd. As a mark of the influence Peter has had on housebuilding, development and regeneration, he was awarded an MBE for ‘Services to Construction’ in the 2018 New Year Honours list.

Steve is a serving Board Member, and a valuable part of the company since 2007. As Managing Director of Thakeham Partnerships, he is responsible for business development and the efficacy of our bidding process.

Steve has spent over 30 years within the construction industry, working for several major players such as Cala Homes, Linden Homes, Regalian, BMP and has contract-managed many major projects ranging from residential housing, commercial, social, and retail schemes.