Alain Maquet Named President of Ingram Micro EMEA
June 10 2009 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
SANTA ANA, Calif., June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ingram Micro
Inc. (NYSE:IM), the world's largest technology distributor, today
announced that Alain Maquet, a 28-year veteran of the information
technology industry and current president of Ingram Micro Latin
America, has been promoted to president of Ingram Micro EMEA
(Europe, Middle East and Africa), effective July 1, 2009. He will
continue to report to Alain Monie, president and chief operating
officer, Ingram Micro Inc. Maquet will replace Jay A. Forbes,
current president of Ingram Micro EMEA, who is resigning from the
company, effective June 30, 2009, in order to return to his native
Canada. "The last two years with Ingram Micro represent some of the
most rewarding and challenging times in my career," said Forbes.
"I'm proud of the substantive changes the EMEA team was able to
advance, especially in light of the weak economic environment.
While leaving the organization was a difficult decision, my family
and I decided this was the right time for this transition." "Jay
made meaningful changes to our European operations that will
continue to benefit our organization well into the future," said
Monie. "Through his leadership, the team streamlined the regional
headquarters, strengthened the performance of lagging operations
and re-balanced our portfolio mix in favor of higher-margin
accounts. Despite significant weakness in the European market,
solid progress was made in controlling costs and the region is
poised for greater success as the economy improves. Alain has a
solid foundation for growth and further improvement when he assumes
his new role." Maquet joined Ingram Micro in 1993 as managing
director of the company's French operations. For the following 12
years, he added more operations to his responsibilities, eventually
overseeing France, Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the
region's export business as senior vice president, southern and
western Europe. He was named president of Ingram Micro Latin
America in March 2005. "Alain is a respected and talented
executive, with a track record of guiding operations to a new level
of excellence," added Monie. "Under his leadership, Latin America
has been the company's most profitable region two of the last three
years. He knows the European market extremely well, with broad
experience managing large, complex operations as well as
entrepreneurial start-ups. We're confident in his ability to build
on Jay's good work and drive profitable growth throughout the
region." "Returning to Europe as president is an exciting next step
for me professionally," said Maquet. "I'm looking forward to
addressing the new challenges in my native region and working with
my European colleagues again. I will, however, miss the daily
interaction with the Latin American team, whose talents and
accomplishments consistently exceeded my expectations. It was a
pleasure to work with them and expect their commitment to success
will continue." Maquet plans to relocate from Miami to Europe in
the coming weeks. The company is conducting a search for his
replacement in Latin America. 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 approximately 150 countries and is
the only global broad-based IT distributor with operations in Asia.
Visit http://www.ingrammicro.com/. (C) 2009 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: Ria Marie Carlson, Corporate
Headquarters, +1-714-382-4400, ; or Robyn Tingley, +(32) 0 2 254 96
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http://www.ingrammicro.com/
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