SANTA ANA, Calif., Aug. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ingram Micro
Inc. (NYSE: IM), the world's largest technology distributor and
supply-chain services provider, today announced that its board of
directors elected Paul Read, chief
financial officer and executive vice president for Flextronics, to
serve as an independent director, and appointed him to serve as a
member of the Audit and the Human Resources Committees, all
effective Sept. 1, 2012. The election
of Read increases the Ingram Micro board of directors from 10 to
11.
"We welcome Paul to the board," said Dale R. Laurance, chairman of the board, Ingram
Micro Inc. "Ingram Micro will benefit from his many years of
hands-on, executive level financial experience, as well as his
valuable perspective on successfully operating a complex global
organization. We look forward to Paul's contribution."
Read, 46, has served as chief financial officer and executive
vice president for Flextronics since June
30, 2008. Previously he served as the company's executive
vice president of Finance for Worldwide Operations. Flextronics is
a $30 billion, industry-leading,
Fortune Global 500 electronics manufacturing services provider with
more than 200,000 employees and operations in 30 countries. Read's
financial management and operations background includes
increasingly important roles at Flextronics where he has led many
critical initiatives that include serving as the lead executive
responsible for the integration of the Solectron acquisition. Prior
to joining Flextronics in 1995, he held various senior financial
positions in the United Kingdom
with Allied Steel and Wire, STI Telecommunications and Associated
British Foods.
Read graduated from the University of Wales as a qualified Chartered Management
Accountant.
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,
technical and financial support, managed and cloud-based services,
and product aggregation and distribution. The company is the only
global broad-based IT distributor, serving 145 countries on six
continents with the world's most comprehensive portfolio of IT
products and services. Visit www.ingrammicro.com.
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