Rockpool asks O’Donnell to chair another business: Fortus Group

13 January 2020

Following an investment in RWL Security Solutions and the simultaneous acquisition of EZCCTV.com, together forming the “Fortus Group”, Rockpool Investments (“Rockpool”) has appointed Michael O’Donnell as chair. He had previously chaired Creative Car Park for Rockpool, which was successfully sold to Inflexion in March 2019.

RWL SS is a value added distributor of security equipment headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. The Company supplies a wide range of CCTV, intruder, access control and fire safety products and is the largest B2B distributor of security products in Ireland. Rockpool has backed existing CEO, Brian Honan, who completed a management buyout of RWL SS in December 2018, supported by AIB Bank.

As part of Rockpool’s investment, RWL SS completed the acquisition of EZCCTV.com Limited, a leading distributor of CCTV and security equipment based in Hertfordshire, UK.

The acquisition is Fortus Group’s first bolt-on investment as part of the Company’s buy-and-build strategy. Fortus Group will look to acquire further security supply chain businesses in the UK & Ireland.