As Co-Founder of World Brands Global Business Development and Senior Advisor, Kevin Watson has a broad and varied leadership background in mid market multi-unit Franchise Companies. He has experience at the Executive Committee and Board level, in Public and Private Company settings and in the Domestic and International marketplace.
Having started in the back of house of a leading QSR chain to becoming Director of Operations at 26, he has managed through prosperity and led through hardship and was instrumental in the revival and renewal of the business setting the stage for an IPO in 1997. Kevin went on to become President/CEO of a publicly traded Franchisor and led a Corporate restructuring that set the stage for continuity of the brand. His broad and varied experience and the resulting accumulated knowledge is best reflected in his oft repeated mantra – “I have learned as much about what not to do as what to do”.
He has operated successfully in the highly competitive service industry and QSR space with a mentorship focussed leadership style.
He has had experience and success in Performance Management, Corporate Finance and Restructuring, Management led IPO and Public Company leadership, Re-branding and International expansion.
Kevin is a married Father of 2 adult sons and is a Toronto based music lover and avid outdoorsman.