Persimmon names Dave Jenkinson permanent CEO

(Reuters) - Britain's Persimmon Plc, which is under scrutiny from the government for its practices under the "Help to Buy" scheme, on Tuesday named interim Chief Executive Officer Dave Jenkinson to the role on a permanent basis.

The company, whose former CEO Jeff Fairburn stepped down last year amid backlash surrounding his bonus package, reported a 13 percent rise in full-year pretax profit to 1.09 billion pounds ($1.43 billion).

(Reporting by Tanishaa Nadkar in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak Dasgupta)