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Burntwood-based Tara Group, which employs more than 250 people, has appointed a chief financial officer, a financial director and a director of tax and financial compliance.

David Grady has joined as joined as chief financial officer for the group. He has previously worked for PwC, Donaldsons and Tarmac before becoming CFO at Central England Co-op. More recently he was the CFO for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and, prior to joining Tara, CFO of the University of Wolverhampton.

Taranjit Tiwana has joined Tara Group as finance director of its open market house-building business, Cameron Homes. He brings with him 12 years’ experience working with Redrow Homes across the East Midlands and Yorkshire.

They will be joined in the finance department by Kiera Pascoe, who after 18 years as finance director for Tara subsidiary Chasetown Civil Engineering has been promoted to the newly created director of tax and financial compliance position for the Tara Group.

Parent company Tara Developments Limited grew its turnover from £171m in 2023 to £198m in 2024. The target is £400m by 2030.

Chief operating officer Julie Caudle said: “Despite a lot of market pressures and instability in the economy, we’ve still posted another year of growth and feel these trio of moves really gives us the financial base to target new opportunities.

“David and Taranjit bring a lot of industry experience to their roles, whilst Kiera understands the culture and approach of the business having been with us for more nearly two decades.

“Together they will focus on bringing the three businesses together and achieving enhanced efficiencies from initial costings of jobs, right through to production and delivery. There will also be a stronger focus on data and automation in our processes.”

Tara Group, which includes Cameron Homes, Chasetown Civil Engineering and Keon Homes, was originally founded in 1974 by Noel Sweeney and remains in the ownership of the Sweeney Family. 

David Grady, the new chief financial officer, said: “Having a strong finance function is critical for what we’ve got planned and we’re investing heavily in both people and the latest technology to make sure we are optimising efficiencies and providing a strong cash reserve to go after new sites and local authority frameworks.”

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