Ingram Micro (IM) president and chief executive officer Alain Monie announced the changes within executive leadership team to further accelerate global growth and profitability plans.
Each of the changes will be effective August 1, 2013, with the exception of Zilis' assumption of responsibility for operations in Latin America, which will be effective January 4, 2014. The company also specified that the new executive team will continue to report to Monie as a member of Ingram Micro's executive leadership team.
The company named Shailendra Gupta senior executive vice president, Mobility. In his new role, Gupta will remain in Singapore and will focus on driving accelerated growth and profitability across the globe for highly strategic market, including realizing meaningful near- and longer-term revenue and cost synergies from the October 2012 acquisition of Brightpoint, Inc.
The company promoted John Soumbasakis, based in Singapore, to senior executive vice president and president, Asia Pacific.
The company appointed Alain Maquet as senior executive vice president, corporate. Under new role, Maquet will assist the company in continuing to improve its operational excellence and further expand globally its strategic initiatives. Maquet will also assume responsibility for the company's Latin American operations through the end of 2013 and will provide guidance and support for the leadership transition. Maquet will be based in Miami and be responsible for global productivity improvement.
Gerhard Schulz will be promoted to senior executive vice president and president, Europe. Schulz will continue to be based in Germany .
Mike Zilis will be based in Miami and will assume the role of executive vice president and president, Latin America. In this capacity, he supports Gupta in oversight of the region's operations, while also leading special projects for the region, including the company's recovery program in Australia and assisting with the integration of the company's Middle East acquisition of Aptec.
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