Allan Merrill is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Beazer Homes based in Atlanta. Mr. Merrill joined Beazer Homes in 2007 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  He was named President & Chief Executive Officer in 2011 and elected Chairman in 2019.  Prior to joining Beazer, Mr. Merrill worked in both investment banking and online real estate marketing. While working for UBS (and its predecessor firm Dillon, Read & Co.), Mr. Merrill ultimately served as co-head of the Global Resources Group, overseeing relationships with construction and building materials companies around the world, including advising Beazer Homes on its 1994 initial public offering and several major acquisitions. Prior to joining Beazer, Mr. Merrill was with Move, Inc. where he served as Executive Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategy after joining the firm as its first President of Homebuilder.com. 

Mr. Merrill is also involved in several housing industry organizations. He served on the Board of Directors of Freddie Mac (Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation) from September 2020 to April 2025. He is a past Chairman of Leading Builders of America, a trade organization of the country’s largest public and private homebuilders. He also serves on the Policy Advisory Board of the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, and he previously served on the board of privately held Builder Homesite Inc. On October 29, 2025, he was appointed to the Board of Directors of Ally Financial, Inc. Mr. Merrill is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics.