Jeff Ward is an experienced executive with a strong track record in leadership roles across various industries, including safety, child protection, and tools manufacturing. Currently serving as a Non-Executive Director at Titon and the British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF), Jeff previously held the position of Group CEO at Guardian, where the focus was on enhancing business operations for safety at height. As CEO of Centurion Safety Products, Jeff drove significant brand growth and operational improvements while launching successful partnerships and innovations in personal protection equipment. Additional roles include Commercial Director at Britax Römer Child Safety Group and extensive experience at Newell Brands, where responsibilities spanned multiple business units and strategic initiatives. Jeff holds an MBA from the University of Warwick and a BA in Economics from Vanderbilt University.
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Titon
Titon manufactures and supplies ventilation and window and door hardware products – ranging from its signature Trimvent background ventilator to window handles, locking systems and hinge systems to powered ventilation products including whole house systems and extract fans. As a manufacturer, Titon also invests heavily in research and development, which enables the company to use the latest technology to keep its products both innovative and cost effective. Focusing primarily on new build and social housing, Titon works with house builders to assist in compliance with certain aspects of Building Regulations and Standards, particularly ventilation in housing. Titon’s own dedicated Building Regulations website www.partf.co.uk is a comprehensive resource on legislation, how it affects house design, and offers tools such as CPD (Continuing Professional Development) seminars for architects and consultants. Titon has specialist divisions focusing on its main market areas – Timber and PVCu - Aluminium - Ventilation Systems These divisions have their own dedicated sales teams which cover the UK. They are supported from the Head Office in Colchester with full administration and marketing departments. Additionally, a state-of-the-art manufacturing base at Haverhill is home to the production and research and development departments. As you would expect, Titon places a strong emphasis on quality, testing and customer service and is also affiliated to a number of industry organisations. In addition to its UK activities, Titon exports its products to a range of overseas markets. The USA market is supplied through its wholly owned subsidiary; Titon Inc. Elsewhere Titon has appointed distributors within most major world markets including another wholly owned subsidiary, Titon Korea. Titon works closely with these distributors to supply its products effectively and to support them in providing the high level of service synonymous with the Titon brand.
