Avnet Inc. Elects New Corporate Officer
Phoenix, AZ -- Avnet Inc. (NYSE:AVT) announces the election of a new corporate officer, Bill Crowell, who is vice president and global financial officer for the $4.8 billion Avnet Technology Solutions group.
Crowell joined Avnet in May 2002 with 20-plus years of experience in financial leadership positions with companies including Microtest Inc. (NASDAQ:MTST), Rural/Metro Corp. (NASDAQ:RURL) and Arthur Andersen LLP.
'I am particularly pleased to recognize the significant and valuable contributions of Bill Crowell by promoting him to a corporate officer post,' said Avnet chairman and CEO Roy Vallee. 'Bill has exhibited strong leadership over teams in North America, Europe and Asia and has contributed to the Avnet Technology Solutions team's success throughout his tenure. The Avnet executive board and board of directors are proud to recognize Bill's outstanding effort.'
About Avnet
Avnet enables success from the center of the technology industry, providing cost-effective services and solutions vital to a broad base of more than 100,000 customers and 300 suppliers. The company markets, distributes and adds value to a wide variety of electronic components, enterprise computer products and embedded subsystems. Through its premier market position, Avnet brings a breadth and depth of capabilities that help its trading partners accelerate growth and realize cost efficiencies. For fiscal year ended July 2, 2005, Avnet and the recently acquired Memec (closed July 5, 2005) generated combined revenue in excess of $13 billion in the past year through sales in approximately 70 countries. Visit www.avnet.com.
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