Our Company - Directors

In a distinguished career in investment banking spanning more than 30 years, Mr Fry has held senior appointments at Lehman Brothers, Credit Suisse and the Rothschild Group. He is presently Senior Adviser in the London office of international boutique investment bank Evercore Partners. He has also held numerous non-executive positions across a number of industries and is currently Chairman of Dairy Crest Plc.

Mr Fry served as a non-executive director of Mowlem, the construction company, for eight years and advised many building and property companies over the years.

He is presently a director of Control Risks, an international specialist risk consultancy and of Twig World, a Glasgow-based online education company. He is also a member of the BBC Trust, the body responsible for the overall governance of the BBC, is on the board of the English National Opera and is Chairman of Development at SOAS.

Anthony was appointed Non Executive Chairman of CALA in October 2010.

Alan trained as a chartered quantity surveyor with Ideal Homes before qualifying in 1984. He joined CALA in 1986 as a Development Manager for CALA Homes (South).

In July 1990, Alan became Development Director of CALA Homes (South) before being appointed as Managing Director of CALA Homes (Midlands) in 1995.

Alan was appointed to the Executive Board in July 2006, and the Group Board in August 2007, following his appointment as Regional Chairman of CALA Homes in England.

Alan also has Group responsibilities for Sales and Marketing and Corporate Communications. In November 2008, Alan took the role of Managing Director for CALA Homes across the UK.

In September 2009 Alan was appointed Chief Executive.

Graham’s career began in 1985 with Transport Development Group plc, whom he joined after gaining a joint BA degree in Computer Science and Accounting from Heriot Watt University.

He became a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) in 1989 while with the company, before moving on to the London office of Thomson Travel Group as Operational Auditor and later taking over responsibility for overseas finance.

Graham joined CALA in 1995 as Finance Manager for CALA Homes (Scotland) Ltd, and appointed as the Group’s Financial Controller in 1998. In 2001, Graham was promoted to Finance Director of CALA Group.

Graham is currently a member of the Scottish Finance Directors Group and ACCA Scotland deputy president. He is also on the governing council of George Watsons College, Edinburgh.

Robert was born and brought up in Belfast. He attended Dundee University and obtained a B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in Town and Regional Planning. Robert started his career as a town planner with the City of Edinburgh Council, and subsequently qualified as a chartered surveyor before joining CALA as a land buyer in 1985 based in Edinburgh.

Following several board appointments in Scotland, Robert became Managing Director of CALA Homes (South) in 1995. Robert was appointed to the Executive Board and to the Group Main Board as Group Development Director in 2001, where he combined executive responsibility for the three English housing subsidiaries and Group land strategy. 

Robert is now Group Land and Planning Director, overseeing the Group land acquisition and product design programme. He is currently a member of both the Royal Town Planning Institute and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Robert also sits on the CALA Properties board as a Non Executive Director.

Ian is currently Deputy Chairman of the Weir Group plc, Chairman of a number of Pension Schemes and Chair of Queen Margaret University.

He was a member of the Treasury and DTI Coordinating Committee on Accounting and Auditing issues which reported in January 2003. He is a Past President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, represented the UK on the International Auditing Practices Committee 1995-2000 and was Chairman of the Accounts Commission and Audit Scotland until 2000. He was awarded the CBE for services to the accountancy profession and Local Government in 1996. He is an Honorary Professor of Accounting and Doctor of Laws at Aberdeen University.

He became Senior Non Executive of CALA in December 2000.

Mike Freshney was appointed as Non-Executive Director of CALA Group on July 2002, and is a member of both the Audit and Remuneration Committees. He is also Chairman of CALA Homes subsidiaries in South and Midlands.

Mike retired from the Main Board of the Berkeley Group plc in 2002, after a lifetime in the homebuilding industry. Prior to his time at Berkeley he had been Managing Director of Crest Homes plc and a Director of Alfred McAlpine Homes.

He has particular strengths in product, design, construction, technical and customer service aspects of the homebuilding business.

Mike is Non-Executive Chairman of NHBC Building Control Services Ltd, Chairman of Robust Details Ltd, Deputy Chairman of Westerman, Vice President of UEPC and Director of the Zero Carbon Hub Ltd.

In addition, he is a Non-Executive Director of the Homebuilders Federation, and also represents UK Homebuilding interests in the European Housing Confederation (UEPC).

Moira gained a degree in Law law from Aberdeen University. She then worked in private practice for ten years for leading firms in Glasgow and Edinburgh and specialised in commercial property.

Moira joined CALA as Group Company Secretary in 2001 from the Dunfermline Building Society, where she was a General Manager and Secretary. Moira is responsible for all legal and company secretarial matters within the CALA Group including corporate governance, insurance, risk management and the administration of the pension scheme.

Moira is a Director of the Scottish Building Society and was formerly a Director of the Link Group Ltd. and the chair of its subsidiary companies, Linkwide Ltd. and Link Homes Ltd.