He's back! Ex-Persimmon boss Fairburn moves in on Avant Homes
The 54-year-old will become Yorkshire-based Avant's chairman, with both he and Elliott taking undisclosed stakes. And though the scorned executive remained tight-lipped about his plans, refusing interview requests, he has reportedly been on a land-buying spree across the north east to provide a pipeline of development sites. One housing industry source said: 'There's clearly some unfinished business there. I would imagine he's quite bitter about what happened at Persimmon and probably wants to prove a point.' Fairburn is a seasoned industry insider, starting at Persimmon in 1989 as a quanti...
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