Colin Cole
Chief Executive
colincole@lioncourthomes.com

Prior to joining Lioncourt Homes, Colin was an Executive Director and Divisional Chairman of Westbury plc, one of the largest housebuilders in the UK, with specific responsibilities for operational activities.

Colin joined Westbury in 1984 and was involved in the Management buyout of Westbury Homes in 1985, the flotation on the London Stock Exchange in 1986, all four of the company acquisitions together with the sale of Westbury plc to Persimmon plc in 2006 for circa £950 million including debt.

As an Executive director of Westbury Colin was also a member of the Homes Board, the largest division in the Group, and the Land Investment Committee which was responsible for approving all land purchases and sales for the Group. In addition he was Chairman of the Westbury Health & Safety Committee and Chairman of the Westbury Direct business responsible for the sale of home related products and services.

Colin also holds two non-executive director roles with NHBC Building Control Services and Rockwool Limited

Neil Chandler
Finance & Commercial Director
neilchandler@lioncourthomes.com

Before joining Lioncourt Homes, Neil was the Deputy Group Finance Director and Company Secretary of Westbury plc. As well as fulfilling the technical and corporate governance responsibilities of his role, he maintained a close focus on the operations of Westbury Homes, the largest company in the group, both as a member of the Executive Directors Team and through the 9 Regional Finance Directors. He was also a member of the Group Land Investment Committee which reviewed and approved all regional land purchases.

As part of the Prowting Acquisition Team in 2002, he was responsible for the financial integration of the acquisition into the group and played a key role in the refinancing of the group to secure the acquisition and support the future growth of the group. He played a key role in securing a €235m US private placement for the group in 2003 and a £150m joint venture with the Bank of Scotland in 2004.

Neil joined Westbury in 1981 and prior to his group appointment in 2002 was a Regional Finance Director for 9 years in the Northampton region and 4 years in the Southern region, with specific focus on land appraisal, commercial and business planning issues.

Adrian Cosh
Construction Director
adriancosh@lioncourthomes.com

Adrian has over 25 years experience in construction management. He graduated from Brookes University, Oxford with an HND in Building Studies and initially worked for Wates in London, where he was responsible for directly controlling site construction operations. Following 9 years of hands on experience with Wates, Adrian moved to Westbury Homes where he progressed from Site Manager to Construction Director. During his 16 years with Westbury Homes he also held the positions of Customer Relations Manager and Contracts Manager and has a keen interest in construction techniques and is passionate about building quality homes and delivering excellent customer service.

He has had a broad range of construction management experience involving traditional housebuilding, social housing, refurbishment, inner city apartment schemes, and various aspects of modern methods of construction (MMC). He also has significant experience of the health and safety aspects of construction activities and holds the Planning Supervisor qualification.

During his career he has achieved 8 NHBC Pride in the Job Awards as Site Manager, Contracts Manager and Construction Director, emphasising his approach to controlling the quality of build.

Matt Underwood
Commercial Manager
mattunderwood@lioncourthomes.com

Matt graduated from The University of the West of England in 2000 with a BSc (Hons) in Building Surveying and has more than eight years of commercial surveying and buying experience.

Matt joined Westbury Homes Central Region in 2000 as a Costing Surveyor and progressed to Senior Surveyor and Commercial Manager respectively. During this time Matt was heavily involved with the development of the Space4 prefabricated system build and integration of the new Renaissance Range of house types. Matt has an established knowledge in different methods of construction having managed projects including natural stone cottages in the Cotswolds, barn conversions in Malvern and large flatted developments in Worcester, Oxford and Cheltenham.

Following the acquisition of Westbury Homes Matt was employed as the Surveying Manager for Westbury Partnerships a newly formed trading division of Persimmon Homes that specialised in Social Housing. As part of the new role Matt was involved with establishing the new business and implementing new systems and procedures to work with Local Authorities and Employers Agents.