By Scott Campbell, CRN, January 20, 2012, 1300 hrs
Ingram Micro has appointed Alain Monie as CEO. He will replace Greg Spierkel who is CEO since 2005.
Spierkel will remain at the company through April 15, 2012 to assist in the management transition. “This is the right time to spend more time with my family. I am confident the company is in capable and experienced hands," said Spierkel.
Monie is currently the company's President and COO, joined Ingram Micro in January 2003 as Executive Vice President. He left Ingram Micro briefly in 2010 to become CEO of April Management, an industrial company based in Asia. He returned to Ingram last November, taking up his prior responsibilities.
"We are going to continue on execution of our strategy and make sure our core business produces better," Monie said. "We will continue to develop the new areas where we see higher margins like IM logistics and mobility is a great growth category. Cloud is another area I am interested in pushing. I think there is a lot more to be done and we want to remain in the top pack."
"Spierkel has ably steered the company through periods of both growth and challenge," said Dale Laurance, Chairman, Ingram's Board of Directors. "We are confident that Monie is uniquely positioned to guide the company. He is an outstanding and worldly leader, fluent in three languages with first-hand global business experience. He has proven to be a strong executive with good strategic thinking." |