Galliard Homes Chief Executive Officer Don O’Sullivan will be stepping down as CEO and is leaving the business at the end of March 2022 to seek new challenges elsewhere.
Stephen Conway, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Galliard Homes will be resuming the role of CEO and Darren Maguire will be appointed to the board of Galliard Homes as the new Managing Director of Galliard Construction.
Don O’ Sullivan joined Galliard Homes in April 2001 as Contracts Manager and over the last 21 years has been promoted to first Construction Director, then Managing Director and latterly CEO.
Stephen Conway, Executive Chairman of Galliard Homes said: “The Galliard of today is unrecognisable from the Galliard of 21 years ago and that is, in large part, due to Don’s dynamism and will be his legacy. I will be forever grateful to him for the commitment and energy he has given to our business and we wish him well for the future. I welcome Darren Maguire to his new role on the board of directors and with the recent promotion of Amanda Dijk to the position of Finance Director, Amanda was previously FD at London City Airport, we have a strong senior team to take us forward to the next chapter of the Galliard story.”
Having worked in the construction industry for over 30 years Darren Maguire has worked with some of the leading developers and contactors in Ireland, the United States and in the UK since 2013. His experience is as broad as it is diverse having delivered a wide range of projects from large scale residential schemes to hotels, shopping centres and bank headquarters. Joining Galliard in May 2014 as a Contracts Manager and moving to Construction Director in 2017 Darren has overseen some of the group’s most prestigious developments to date from Harbour Central in Docklands to the Great Scotland Yard Hotel in Whitehall.
Stephen Conway said: “I would like to congratulate Darren Maguire on his new role as Managing Director of Galliard Construction. Darren joined Galliard in 2014 and over the past seven and a half years has taken on more and more responsibility including his appointment as Construction Director in August 2017. Darren is the obvious successor to Don O’ Sullivan on all group matters concerning construction, including architectural services and aftercare for which he will have full responsibility. I am very excited by his appointment to the board of Galliard Homes and look forward to Darren leading this crucial part of our business. I am certain he will bring Galliard further success.”
Amanda Dijk has been promoted to the position of Galliard Homes Finance Director. Amanda is a chartered accountant by training having received an LLB in law from Cardiff University. Her career has seen her work practice followed by a period conducting Sarbanes-Oxley audits before taking up a position at the Old Vic theatre. Amanda joined Galliard Homes in 2016 as the Group Financial Controller after 9 years as Director of Finance at London City Airport, playing a part in the successful sale of the airport for £2 billion.
Source: Show House News
