Appointment of CEO

RNS Number : 9442I

Acal PLC

26 November 2008

 



FOR RELEASE 

7.00 AM

26 NOVEMBER 2008

ACAL plc 

(Leading pan-European, value-added technology based distributor 

providing specialist design-in, sales and marketing services)

Nicholas Jefferies appointed Chief Executive

Acal plc ("Acal") announces the appointment of Nicholas Jefferies as its Chief Executive with effect from 5 January 2009.

Mr Jefferies (42) has extensive experience of electronics and the component distribution industry. Since 2005, he has been with Electrocomponents plc, the leading high service distributor to engineers worldwide. As global Head of Electronics, he has responsibility for the Group's electronics business, serving maintenance, design and production customers.

Prior to joining Electrocomponents, Mr Jefferies spent eleven years in component distribution, including senior positions at Arrow Electronics, a leading international distributor of electronic components and computer products, latterly as Managing Director, Nordic Region.

Richard Moon, Chairman said:

"I am delighted to announce Nick's appointment and welcome him to the Acal Group of Companies.  We look forward to Acal being led by a strategically-focused Chief Executive with substantial in-depth knowledge of our industry."

Richard Moon ~ Chairman  Malcolm Cooper ~ Finance Director  Brian Coleman-Smith / James Verstringhe Cubitt Consulting

01483 544500 01483 544500 020 7367 5100

Pursuant to Listing rule 9.6.13 notice is given that, from October 2003 to November 2004, Mr Jefferies was an Executive Director of Eurodis Electron plc which, at a later date, went into administration.  No other disclosures are required.

Background Note:

Acal is a leading European value-added distributor providing specialist design-in, sales and marketing services for international suppliers in the fields of Electronic Components, IT Parts Services and Medical and Scientific products. Organised into two divisions, Acal has 14 principal trading companies of which 8 are in Continental Europe and 6 in the UK.

Acal is now Europe's strongest multi-disciplined design-in electronics distributor and has always differentiated its offering with a strong focus on demand creation and a highly skilled technical sales force. Vertec Scientific, which operates in both the UK and South Africa, represents leading manufacturers in the field of bone densitometry, medical imaging and diagnostics. The Part Services division provides spare parts to field services organisations and is a supplier to virtually every leading company in that market.

 

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