Taylor Wimpey has announced it has appointed group operations director Jennie Daly as its new chief executive.

Daly will take the hotseat at the £2.8bn turnover company after the firm’s annual general meeting on 26 April. She replaces Pete Redfern, who announced in December he was standing down after 14 years in the role. Daly is believed to be the first female chief executive of a listed housebuilder.

Daly has worked at Taylor Wimpey since 2014, including four years in her current role as group operations director and before that as UK land director and UK director of planning