Anixter International Inc. announced the appointment of Valarie L. Sheppard to its board of directors. Ms. Sheppard is Senior Vice President, Comptroller and Treasurer of Procter & Gamble, responsible for Treasury, Global Business Development, Corporate
Strategy and Financial Planning, Corporate Accounting and Financial Services Organizations and finance support for Corporate Officers. She has held various financial leadership positions at Procter & Gamble since 1986, including foreign assignments in Asia and Europe.
Ms. Sheppard also serves as Board Chair of Cintrifuse, a start up incubator in which P&G has invested and Board Chair of the Cincinnati Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.