09 December 2014, London, Farnell element14 has announced the appointment of Richard Slee as Business President, Sales and Marketing in Europe.

Reporting into Gert Labuschagne, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, Richard joins from TVS Logistics where, as European CEO, he grew the business organically and inorganically, developing new markets at the $6 billion privately owned Indian company. 

Richard has a number of years experience working in fast moving technology businesses including VP and European Sales Director at Motorola, and President Rest of World / UK at PACE through its transition to become the market leader for set top boxes. 

He also has considerable experience in the distribution sector, in the mobile phone industry, both at Dextra, which he grew to become the largest company of its type in Europe, and Phones International, owned by the 'dragon' Peter Jones, which expanded significantly under Richard's leadership.

Commenting on his appointment Richard said: "I'm delighted to be joining Farnell element14 at what is an exciting time for the organisation.  My first impressions of the business have been really positive and the commitment and enthusiasm from everybody I have met has been really evident.  When I look at Farnell element14 I can see many different types of opportunity and I am confident we can grow the business in the years to come."

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About the Premier Farnell Group

Premier Farnell plc (LSE:pfl) is a global leader in high service distribution of technology products and solutions for electronic system design, production, maintenance and repair. It trades as Farnell element14in Europe, Newark element14in North America and element14across Asia Pacific. With sales last year of £968m, the Group is supported by a global supply chain of more than 3,500 suppliers and an inventory profile developed to anticipate and meet its customers' needs.



Premier Farnell works with key strategic suppliers to bring to market development kits in a variety of applications, enabling it to support the customer from design concept through to production.

The latest products, software, services and solutions from trusted supplier partners are all available through 43 local language transactional websites, with customer support provided by degreed engineers. The element14 Communityallows buyers and engineers to access a wide range of independent technical information, tools and the latest resources.

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Premier Farnell Key facts

  • Operations in 36 different countries
  • More than 4,300 employees
  • More than 3,500 leading suppliers
  • More than 500,000 products stocked with access to over four million more on demand

·         Leaders in providing information on REACH, Conflict Minerals and EU RoHS legislation

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