Avnet Names Rebeca Obregon New President of Newark
Avnet (Nasdaq: AVT) has announced Rebeca Obregon as the new president of Newark, an Avnet company, effective July 1, 2024. Newark is a high-service electronics components distributor with a comprehensive portfolio of products and supported by an international supply chain.
“Since joining Avnet’s leadership team last year, Rebeca has shown her deep commitment to delivering results for our suppliers, customers, partners, and employees,” said Phil Gallagher, CEO, Avnet. “Newark remains a critical part of Avnet’s overall success and value proposition, and I’m confident that Rebeca is the right leader to steer the organization through its next chapter.”
Obregon previously held the position of senior vice president of Strategic Business Engagements and Supplier Management, where she led Avnet’s United, Velocity and Integrated business units, IP&E (interconnect, passive and electromechanical) supplier management and strategy, mergers and acquisitions.
“Newark has a rich history as an influential leader in components distribution,” said Obregon. “I look forward to helping our teams at Newark, Avnet and beyond support our customers at every stage of the product life cycle.”
Obregon has more than 30 years’ experience in the semiconductor industry where she has built and grown teams and businesses from inception to profitable worldwide market leaders. Before joining Avnet in 2023, she was a corporate vice president at Amkor Technology. She holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from Arizona State University, and an M.S. in electrical engineering from the National Technological University.
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Farnell Global is a fast and reliable distributor of products and technology for electronic and industrial system design, maintenance and repair. From research and design through prototype to production. Farnell Global helps its customers access the products and services they need 24/7. With more than 80 years of experience, 48 localised websites, and a dedicated team of over 3,000 employees, Farnell Global provides every component its customers need to build the technology of tomorrow.
Farnell Global trades as Newark in the Americas, Farnell in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Japan, and element14 across Asia Pacific. It also sells direct to consumers through its CPC business in the UK.
Farnell Global has been part of the established global technology distributor, Avnet (Nasdaq: AVT), since 2016. Today, this relationship allows the company to support its customers at every stage of the product life cycle, offering a truly unique distribution model, as well as expertise in end-to-end delivery and product design.
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