Leslie Stone Heisz Elected to Ingram Micro Board of Directors
February 21 2007 - 4:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
SANTA ANA, Calif., Feb. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ingram Micro
Inc. (NYSE:IM), the world's largest technology distributor, today
announced that its board of directors elected Leslie Stone Heisz to
serve as an independent director effective March 1, 2007, expanding
the board to 13 members. Heisz, an experienced investment banking
and finance executive, currently is a managing director of the Los
Angeles office of Lazard Freres & Co., where she provides
strategic advisory services for clients in a variety of industries.
Before joining Lazard in 2003, she was managing director of the Los
Angeles office of Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (and its
predecessor Wasserstein Perella & Co.) for six years,
specializing in mergers and acquisitions and leading the Gaming and
Leisure Group. She was also a vice president at Salomon Brothers,
where she developed the firm's industry-leading gaming practice,
and a senior consultant specializing in strategic information
systems at Price Waterhouse. Heisz also has experience on both
public and private corporate boards. She currently is a board
member for International Game Technology, a publicly- traded
manufacturer and operator of electronic gaming devices, and for
Eldorado Resorts LLC, a privately held owner and operator of casino
hotels. "Leslie brings a valuable combination of financial
expertise, general management background and board experience to
Ingram Micro," said Kent B. Foster, chairman of the board, Ingram
Micro Inc. "She's led more than 50 successful mergers and
acquisitions, restructurings and public offerings, so she's well
suited for a company focused on growth, while her experience on
other boards provides additional insight on corporate governance
and directorship. I look forward to her leadership, and our Board
welcomes Leslie to the team." Ms. Heisz received a Bachelor's of
Science degree in economics from the University of California at
Los Angeles and an M.B.A. from the UCLA Anderson School of
Management. She and her family live in Los Angeles. About Ingram
Micro Inc. As a vital link in the technology value chain, Ingram
Micro creates sales and profitability opportunities for vendors and
resellers through unique marketing programs, outsourced logistics
services, technical support, financial services, and product
aggregation and distribution. The company serves 140 countries and
is the only global IT distributor with operations in Asia. Visit
http://www.ingrammicro.com/. (C) 2007 Ingram Micro Inc. All rights
reserved. Ingram Micro and the registered Ingram Micro logo are
trademarks used under license by Ingram Micro Inc. DATASOURCE:
Ingram Micro Inc. CONTACT: Media, Jim Trainor, +1-714-382-2378, ,
or Rekha Parthasarathy, +1-714-382-1319, , or Investors, Ria Marie
Carlson, +1-714-382-4400, , or Kay Leyba, +1-714-382-4175, , all
for Ingram Micro Inc. Web site: http://www.ingrammicro.com/
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