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Marianne Culver is the new president
Electrocomponents plc has announced the appointment of Marianne Culver as President RS Components. She joins the company immediately as a member of the Executive Management Team, reporting directly to CEO Lindsley Ruth.
Marianne Culver has over 25 years of experience as an international executive with a proven track record of helping companies achieve strong balance sheets and leading global transformation processes. She also has experience in supplier and product marketing, multi-channel and M&A activities. She has worked in four continents in online and offline customer environments.
Prior to joining Electrocomponents, Culver was UK Managing Director at TNT, the B2B express carrier, where she took a leading role in achieving a turnaround in the UK market and transformation. Prior to TNT, Marianne spent ten years at Premier Farnell plc, most recently as Executive Director of Transformation and Supply Chain/Supplier Management.
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