{"id":694573,"date":"2026-07-16T09:47:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T09:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/694573\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T09:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T09:47:12","slug":"wates-regional-md-and-director-exit-suddenly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/694573\/","title":{"rendered":"Wates regional MD and director exit suddenly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Managing Director David Wingfield and Commercial Director Kyle McGrory have left the company with immediate effect.<\/p>\n<p>Their roles are now being covered by executive Managing Director Steff Battle.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ad-id=\"439734\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/constructionenquirer\/adclick.php?id=439734&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.intersteels.com%3Futm_source%3Dconstruction-enquirer%26utm_medium%3Dbanner%26utm_campaign%3Dconstructionenq-ads\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"track_ad_click(this);\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Retro-FitsteelspecialistsGIF-ezgif.com-resize.gif\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Enquirer understands Wingfield and McGrory had been suspended by Wates while an internal investigation was carried-out into their conduct.<\/p>\n<p>Wates declined to confirm the exact nature of the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>A Wates Group spokesperson said:\u00a0 \u201cWe can confirm that David Wingfield and Kyle McGrory have left Wates Construction, with immediate effect.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ad-id=\"93789\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/constructionenquirer\/adclick.php?id=93789&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.constructionline.co.uk%2Fevents%2Fattending-marketplace-live%2F%3Futm_source%3Dreferral%26utm_medium%3Dconstruction_enquirer%26utm_campaign%3Dall_mpl_supplier%26utm_year%3D2025%26utm_content%3Dad_gif\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"track_ad_click(this);\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/constructionline ezgif.com-speed.gif\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cIn the interim, their responsibilities will be covered by Steff Battle, executive managing director Wates Construction, to ensure continuity of operations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cWe have no further comment at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wingfield joined Wates in 2005 working his way through the ranks to become MD in 2024. McGrory had been with the firm since 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1754002269_755_3.jpg\" alt=\"Grant Prior\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"photo\"\/>\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Managing Director David Wingfield and Commercial Director Kyle McGrory have left the company with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":694574,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-694573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=694573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}