Electrocomponents Appoints TE Connectivity Unit President To Board

(Alliance News) - Electrocomponents PLC on Tuesday said it has appointed the president of Channel & Customer Experience at TE Connectivity to its board.

Joan Wainwright joins Electrocomponents as a non-executive director effective November 1. At the start of October, she will transition her responsibilities at TE Connectivity before her retirement from TE on December 20.

Before joining TE in 2006, Wainwright was vice president of Public Affairs at Merck & Co Inc and before that was deputy commissioner of Communications for the US Social Security Administration under the Clinton administration.

Chair Peter Johnson said: "We are all very pleased to welcome Joan to our board. Joan is highly regarded within our industry and understands it well from a customer perspective. She will bring extensive distribution experience as well as providing strong insight into the customer dynamic in the US."

Shares in Electrocomponents closed up 1.0% at 648.20 pence in London on Tuesday.

By Anna Farley; annafarley@alliancenews.com

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