Senior Executive Appointments

Chief Operating Officer - Chris Steedman Scott Technology Limited is pleased to announce the appointment of Chris Steedman as Chief Operating Officer, commencing 1 June. Chris brings with him significant experience leading medium to large international organisations that are geographically dispersed and cross functional. He has held a number of senior Operations and Managing Director roles most recently for Thales Australia, an engineering and production company specialising in building large defence equipment. Chris began his 10 years at Thales as COO of their South African business before moving to Australia to lead other parts of the Thales organisation. Prior to Thales Chris was at Siemens for 10 years in his homeland South Africa. This time included Regional Director and Managing Director roles in a number of their automation, drive (robotics) and industrial solutions companies. Chris will based at our Scott Auckland office. Chris brings a strong track record of managing businesses with multiple complex projects. Chris has effectively implemented Lean thinking in many of his companies and is passionate around the processes and disciplines of effective project management. This is an absolutely critical role for any successful organisation of Scott's size and complexity and I am excited to have someone of Chris's calibre to drive operational excellence throughout our business. Improvements in our processes and capabilities will help manage design risk, while driving production efficiencies and better outcomes for our customers. Internal Appointment Director Marketing & People - Casey Jenkins We are also pleased to announce that Casey Jenkins will be stepping into a newly expanded role which will see her manage the People side of the business as well as our Marketing strategy. While Casey's current Marketing Director role includes employee communications and external brand, this role development will see a much stronger focus on building a high-performance organisational culture, team values, employee branding and communication, in addition to Casey's existing Marketing responsibilities. Casey has been at Scott approaching six years and has been leading our Group marketing efforts for the majority of her time. Prior to joining Scott, Casey held marketing roles in various companies, including Icebreaker. END End CA:00352438 For:SCT Type:ADMIN Time:2020-05-01 09:00:08