Grenville Turner
Group Chief Executive Officer
Joined the Group in August 2006 as an Executive Director and became Group Chief Executive in January 2007. Also a director of Countrywide Estate Agents. Former roles have included Chief Executive, Intelligent Finance and Chief Executive, Business to Business at HBOS. Previous Directorships have included St James Place Capital plc, Sainsbury's Bank plc and Rightmove.co.uk Limited. Qualified as a Chartered Banker in 1982 and holds an MBA from Cranfield Business School.
Jim Clarke
Group Chief Financial Officer
Joined the Group in November 2007. Was previously Finance Director and Company Secretary of JD Wetherspoon and previously worked for David Lloyd Leisure (a division of Whitbread plc) and HP Bulmer Holdings plc. A graduate of Stirling University and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1984.
Nick Dunning
Group Commercial Director
Joined the Group in September 2007 as Commercial Director responsible for the Lettings Division, Marketing, Corporate Development and IT. Previously Vice President and General Manager of Home and Small business, EMEA, for Dell Computers. Graduated from Oxford University in 1985 and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.
Paul Creffield
Corporate Operations Director
Joined Countrywide in October 2006 and has responsibility for the Conveyancing and Surveying Divisions as well as the Group's Distribution Strategy, HR and corporate projects. Joined Countrywide from Rightmove where he was one of the operational Managing Directors through a period of significant growth and change. Former senior roles have been with Nationwide Building Society and with Countrywide immediately prior to joining Rightmove where he was a Director of Countrywide Surveyors and different Group companies.
Robert Scarff
Managing Director, Estate Agency Division
Joined the Group as a Trainee Sales Negotiator with Taylors Estate Agents in 1978 and was appointed Managing Director of Dixons Estate Agents in 1991. Was instrumental in establishing the Group's Conveyancing Division in 1997 and held the position of Managing Director for 18 months. Was appointed as a Divisional Director in 1999, a position he held until 2008 when he was appointed to his current position. Is a Fellow of the National Association of Estate Agents.
Guy Batchelor
Managing Director, Corporate Business
Joined in October 2008 and is responsible for corporate business to business relationships across the Group. Previously Guy was a Senior Vice President with Lehman Brothers, European Mortgage Division and Sales and Marketing Director, Platform, Britannia Building Society’s intermediary mortgage lender. He was a Director and then Chairman of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association and a member of the Executive Committee of the Council of Mortgage Lenders from 2003 to 2008.
J Alan Snowball
Managing Director, Countrywide Principal Services Limited
Joined Countrywide in 1998 as Managing Director of Countrywide Franchising Limited. Was appointed to the Executive Committee on 30 November 2005. After a career in private practice, became a Director of Prudential Property Services Limited in 1987 and a Director of Halifax Estate Agencies Limited in 1990. A Graduate of Cambridge and Reading Universities. Qualified as a Chartered Surveyor.
Matthew Hewitt
Online Marketing Director, Countrywide Group
Joined the Group in April 2008. Responsible for the Countrywide Group's online presence. This includes Countrywide’s own web sites and their interaction with wider market portals. Previous roles have been at Safeway plc and Dell Computer Corporation, where he spent eight years working in the Home & Small Business division in EMEA. A Graduate of Loughborough University and a qualified Management Accountant.
Ivan Brooks
Chief Information Officer, Countrywide Group
Joined the Group in August 2008 and is responsible for all aspects of Information Technology. Previously Vice President CIO of the UK operating arm of McDonald’s Corporation, with prior organisations including Debenhams department stores and PepsiCo. Graduated from Exeter University in 1985.
