(MENAFNEditorial) Frederick Fu, President, Asia Pacific
Fu has more than
30 years of experience in the electronics industry across Asia in a variety of
positions including engineering, marketing and business management. He joined
Avnet in October 2006 and was named regional president, China, overseeing the
company's electronic component business growth in China. Most recently, he
served as acting president for Avnet Asia and Japan.
Prior to joining
Avnet, Frederick worked in various sectors in the electronics industry
including semiconductors IDM, hard disk drives, and the EMS business. He was
the chief marketing officer at Surface Mount Technology Ltd., responsible for
worldwide marketing and building a global network for the company. Before that
he was president of STMicroelectronics Taiwan where he spent 14 years with
STMicroelectronics Taiwan and STMicroelectronics Singapore. Frederick holds a
master's degree in industrial engineering from the University of Hong Kong.
"Frederick is an
accomplished leader with a track record of driving the company's growth and
contributing to business excellence. He is the right leader to help us move
forward with our strategy to provide seamless support to design engineers
across the idea and product conception stages to volume production," said
William J. Amelio, Chief Executive Officer, Avnet. "With his business acumen
and deep understanding of Avnet business, Frederick's leadership and vision
will help to galvanize our electronic component and distribution business
position and its global footprint throughout the Asia Pacific region."
"There is
tremendous potential in these markets to cultivate growth opportunities and for
us to extend our best-in-class solutions within the industry. Our suite of
innovative solutions, combined with technical expertise, design and supply
chain services, enables us to deliver unrivalled in-house capabilities and
time-to-market advantage solutions for our customers," said Fu.
He added, "It is
with great honor that I take on this role to propel our business forward and to
deepen our presence in the region with the support of our customers and
suppliers."
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