Board of Directors
Executive Directors
John Shepherd
Chief Executive
has a degree in Electronic Engineering from University College of North Wales, Bangor. He joined the Group as Chief Executive in November 2008. Prior to this he was Chief Executive of First Technology plc, a quoted company with turnover of around £160 million, producing electronic sensors for automotive and industrial applications. Before this he had worked for Smiths Group plc for 13 years most recently as the Managing Director of Smiths Detection Division which grew from £15 million turnover to
£273 million turnover under his leadership.
Russ Singleton
Strategic Development Director
is a Chartered Engineer and has a degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Leeds Metropolitan University. He joined the Board in 1998 and was Chief Executive from 2002 until November 2008 when he took responsibility for strategic development following John Shepherd’s appointment. Prior to this he had been Managing Director of Quadnetics’ Security Division comprising Quadrant Video Systems plc, which he joined in 1984, and Synectic Systems Limited.
Nigel Poultney
Finance Director
has a degree in Business Studies from Aston University, and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte, Haskins and Sells in 1981. He joined Quadnetics Group in 1991, having previously worked for Dairy Crest and the RTZ Group.
Non-executive Directors
David Coghlan
Chairman
has degrees in Law and in Finance from the University of New South Wales in Sydney and an MBA from Wharton in Philadelphia. He was formerly a partner at strategy consultants Bain & Company and is currently Chairman of Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation (listed on NASDAQ) and a director of several other companies.
Dennis Bate CBE
Director
has 46 years of experience in the construction industry, of which 32 years were spent with Bovis, most latterly as board director responsible for Bovis’ operations in the UK and Eastern Europe, and then Bovis’ Lend Lease operations. He was awarded the CBE for his services within the industry.
Steve Coggins
Director
joined the Board as a non-executive director in January 2005. Steve has held various senior roles in both sales and marketing and general management in the information technology arena including Senior Vice-President at both Amdahl (now part of Fujitsu) and at Silicon Graphics. Earlier he spent time at IBM and also in engineering computing in the aircraft industry.
Peter Rae
Director
is a graduate of Cambridge University, and formerly Chief Executive of
S.W. Wood plc (now Wyndeham Press plc). He has current interests in a wide range of engineering and other businesses.
Executive Management Team
Graham Jones
Divisional Managing Director, Mobile Systems
joined the Group in August 2009 as Divisional Managing Director. He brings with him over 30 years experience in the IT industry and most recently was Managing Director UK of the UK’s largest security systems integrator, Integralis Group, having previously been Chief Operations Officer running their worldwide operations for four years. Prior to this he has had senior roles at a number of IT companies including Attachmate, Nec and Actuate.
Paul Moonan
Divisional Managing Director, Network Systems
and Integration & Managed Services
has an MBA from Sheffield Business School and a degree in Business Studies from Bradford University. He joined Quadnetics as Divisional Managing Director in June 2009. Prior to this he had been a Director at Romec, Chubb, Securicor and more recently at G4S where he held the position of Group Managing Director, Security Services.
Paul Webb
Divisional Managing Director, Industrial Systems
has a degree in Physics from Imperial College, London, and has worked in the CCTV industry since 1988, in engineering, sales and marketing, business development and general management roles. Previously Managing Director of Bewator Limited, and following a number of years living and working in Asia, Paul joined Quadnetics in 2004 prior to the acquisition of Coex Limited.