Executive Team
Howard Watson – Chief Executive Officer
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Howard Watson is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years experience in finance including leading numerous IPOs and 10 years in the security industry, the last 8 years as CEO of Signature and the previous 2 years as CFO of Signature. Mr Watson has directed 75 acquisitions, including the integration of financial, sales, operational and human resource systems and procedures making Signature one of the leaders in the security industry in Australia and New Zealand. He has a proven track record in building profitable sustainable business models. He has led numerous fundraising projects including equity, senior bank facilities and subordinated facilities. In January 2006, Mr Watson led the sale process of Signature Security Group to Allco Equity Partners (now Oceania Capital Partners) and remains CEO of Signature and member of the Board.
Roger Jowett - Chief Operating Officer Australia
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Roger Jowett is Chief Operating Officer - Australia for Signature Security Group. He joined Signature in December 2007. Roger has held various leadership positions in major fire and security businesses in the UK and Continental Europe. He came to Australia in 2003 to head up a leading electronic security business. Roger has significant market development and acquisition experience; he has driven business growth and profit improvement through the execution of Service Excellence programs and post-acquisition integration.
Roger has over 18 years of fire and security industry experience. He has held committee positions on Trade Associations in the UK and France and represented the UK on Eurofeu Standards meetings. Roger has a BA Honours Degree, Marketing Diploma and is an MBA graduate of Henley Management College.
Marc Killeen - Chief Operating Officer New Zealand
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Marc Killeen is Chief Operating Officer - New Zealand for Signature Security Group. Marc joined Signature Security ten years ago as Melbourne Operations Manager. Marc was appointed to the role of General Manager Melbourne/Adelaide in 2001. During his time in the GM role, Marc achieved significant bottom line growth and overall cost reduction through the constant pursuit of giving the customer greater value than expected and by ensuring that team culture was aligned with overall business objectives. In 2003 Marc and his team were awarded Signature Security’s highest performance ranking.
Marc has more than 15 years of industry experience and has been involved in many aspects of the security industry including the assessment, design, installation, and project management of complex integrated security applications. Marc holds a number of industry specific accreditations, and has recently been appointed to the Standards Australia review committee for Intruder Detection equipment Australia and New Zealand.
Frank van Bokhoven - Group General Manager Finance
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As Group General Manager Finance, Frank has overall responsibility for planning, controlling and directing the financial operations to support management decision-making and control. Frank joined Signature in August 1998 but more recently has assisted with the sale of the company and refinancing of the senior bank facility. Further he has supervised the implementation of a new financial and payroll system, consolidation of the Australian and New Zealand accounting departments, significant improvement of reporting output and deadlines and successfully completed various external audits.
Frank has over 18 years experience in the accounting and finance field. He started his career in audit with KPMG in the Netherlands and after his migration to Australia in December 1995 continued with KPMG Sydney. His audit clients ranged from small businesses to large multinational companies in the production, transport, trade and service industries. Frank has obtained his Qualifications as Dutch and Australian Chartered Accountant.
Kim Rose - Group General Manager Sales
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Kim Rose joined Signature in November 2004 with responsibility for developing a customer focused sales organisation. Kim has a background in sales and organisational effectiveness with over 20 years work experience in I.T. across the UK, Australia and Asia Pacific. He has worked for multi nationals in a broad range of management roles including sales, product management, change management and learning and development.
Prior to joining Signature, Kim spent six years with The Forum Corporation as a Senior Consultant working with and consulting to organisations including Cathay Pacific, Telstra, Optus, Westpac, AMP, Deloitte, KPMG and PWC.
Marisa Piombo - Group General Manager Marketing & Communications
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Marisa joined Signature Security in August 07, and has overall responsibility for the group's Strategic Marketing development, as well as campaign development and execution, internal and external communication management and implementation of systems and processes to assist with ROI and market analysis. Prior to joining Signature, she has worked in the Property Sector, Health, Aged Care, Education and Training, Transport and Primary Industries and well as being a Marketing Consultant providing advice to a broader customer base including Manufacturing and Consumables.
