FREMONT, Calif., Jan. 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- SYNNEX
Corporation (NYSE: SNX), a leading business process services
company, and its Board of Directors today announced the following
board and executive leadership changes, effective March 1, 2018.
- Kevin Murai will retire from his
position of President and Chief Executive Officer and will become
Chairman of the Board of Directors.
- Dennis Polk, current Chief
Operating Officer, will become President and Chief Executive
Officer and will remain on the Board of Directors.
- Dwight Steffensen will become
Lead Independent Director.
"Over the past 10 years, Kevin has done a terrific job in
growing the SYNNEX business and delivering significant shareholder
return, and on behalf of the Board of Directors, I thank Kevin for
his leadership and wish him the best in his retirement," said Mr.
Steffensen.
"My time at SYNNEX has been an incredible journey, working with
remarkable people, and achieving great things together," said Mr.
Murai. "I am excited to continue to serve SYNNEX as Chairman
of the Board of Directors. I also want to thank Dwight for
his many years of significant contributions to SYNNEX. His
service has been invaluable."
"We expect the transition of Dennis to President and CEO to be
seamless as Kevin and the Board have been preparing for this for
some time. Dennis has been with the Company for more than 15
years, gaining greater leadership and business responsibilities, as
well as successfully serving as CFO prior to his July 2006 appointment to COO. Dennis has a
deep understanding of our businesses and the Board is excited to
have Dennis take the reins of our Company and continue our success
moving forward," said Mr. Steffensen.
"I am honored and humbled to take over the leadership role at
SYNNEX. With the Company strong as ever, I look forward to
working with our talented team to reach new levels of success going
forward," said Mr. Polk.
Mr. Polk has served as a member of the Board since February
2012. Mr. Polk joined SYNNEX in February 2002 as Senior Vice President of
Corporate Finance and in the same year became Chief Financial
Officer. In July 2006, he was
promoted to Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Polk also serves on
the Board of Directors of Terreno Realty Corporation.
About SYNNEX Corporation
SYNNEX Corporation (NYSE:SNX) is a Fortune 500 corporation and a
leading business process services company, providing a
comprehensive range of distribution, logistics and integration
services for the technology industry and providing outsourced
services focused on customer engagement strategy to a broad range
of enterprises. SYNNEX distributes a broad range of
information technology systems and products, and also provides
systems design and integration solutions. Concentrix, a
wholly-owned subsidiary of SYNNEX Corporation, offers a portfolio
of strategic solutions and end-to-end business services around
customer engagement strategy, process optimization, technology
innovation, front and back-office automation and business
transformation to clients in ten identified industry verticals.
Founded in 1980, SYNNEX Corporation operates in numerous countries
throughout North and South
America, Asia-Pacific and
Europe. Additional information about SYNNEX may be found
online at www.synnex.com.
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within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and
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statements, including statements regarding the impact of the
transition to a new CEO and the strength and ongoing success of the
Company are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the
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release.
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