BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.8B
- Public
- UK
Dow Jones Description
Electrocomponents plc is a high service electronic, electrical and industrial distributor that supplies a wide range of products to customers who are typically research and development or maintenance engineers in business around the world.
CEO
Ian MasonNumber of Employees 5,727
Contact Information
International Management Ctr 8050 Oxford Business Park N
Oxford OX4 2HW
(44) 01865204000
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Radio, Television, and Other Electronics Stores: 443112
Recent Events
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UPDATE 2-Electrocomponents sees sales growth return next yr
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British Air Raise £600 M, Cable & Wireless Up
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UPDATE 2-Electrocomponents says no sales recovery yet
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Tough times at Topps, but it's still one to watch
- 2008-05-31
THE WEEK IN REVIEW The tiling retailer Topps Tiles, like a whole raft of British high-street shops, is having a horrible time. Anyone not yet convinced that the credit crunch is biting need only to look at the first-half figures posted by Topps this week. Despite total revenues...
Tough times at Topps, but it's still one to watch
- 2008-05-31
the week in review The tiling retailer Topps Tiles, like a whole raft of British high-street shops, is having a horrible time. Anyone not yet convinced that the credit crunch is biting need only to look at the first-half figures posted by Topps this week. Despite total revenues...
Electrocomponents' growth fails to win over investors
- 2008-05-29
THE INVESTMENT COLUMN Our view: Hold Share price: 170p (-3p) The industrial components group Electrocomponents, which yesterday posted upbeat full-year figures to the end of March, is in great shape, says the company's chief executive Ian Mason. It is increasingly turning its attention to...
RS Components Empowers Its E-Commerce Strategy
- 2008-02-13
Online investments benefit electronics designers and maintenance engineers LONDON & CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- As part of its e-commerce strategy delivery, RS Components announced the launch of its new website with an upgraded search and navigation engine powered by Endeca Technologies, Inc., an information access software company. Through a powerful...
Electrocomponents reports solid growth.
- 2007-11-12
Electrocomponents boasts a widely spread international business that's delivering decent growth. Chris Needham Growth progress in all of the group's regions, as well as decent cost controls, meant solid top-line sales growth for component distributor Electrocomponents, although a weak US dollar and possible ...
SAGE GROUP PLC - Director Changes.
- 2007-11-01
1 November 2007 Sage appoints non-executive director The Sage Group plc ("Sage") announces that it has appointed Ian Mason to the Sage Board as non-executive director from 1 November 2007. Mr Mason will serve on the audit, remuneration and nominations committees. ...
ELECTROCOMPONENTS
- 2007-06-02
Electrocomponents which distributes electronic, electrical and industrial supplies has talked up the potential of its e-commerce platform. The company wants to derive over half of its sales over the internet in time compared to around 28 per cent last year. However, a slowdown in growth in its...
Electrocomponents
- 2007-05-31
Our view: Sell Share price: 295.5p (-6.5p) As its name suggests, Electrocomponents distributes electronic, electrical and industrial supplies. Yet like most companies these days, it has talked up the potential of its e-commerce platform. The company wants to derive over half of its sales...
Electrocomponents delivers on savings.
- 2007-05-30
Electrocomponents has again maintained its dividend and is making progress on cost-cutting Anthony Lugg Component distribution specialist Electrocomponents has again maintained its dividend - as it promised it would in 2005, for three years. And, although the dividend is still likely to be uncovered...
Allied Electronics Chooses ByteManagers for Strategic Corporate Content and Data Services
- 2007-04-09
ByteManagers, a leading global professional services firm providing content strategy and data management services across all aspects of the enterprise, today announced that the company has entered into a multi-year consulting and services agreement with Allied Electronics, a subsidiary of Electrocomponents plc (LSE: ECM), the world's leading catalog component distributor....
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Ian Mason | CEO |
| Richard Boynet | General Manager of Group Is |
| Jane Weiss | Pa To Group Finance Director |
| S Boddie | Director, Finance |
| Simon Boddie | Finance Director |
| Carmelina Carfora | Secretary |
| Ian Haslegrave | General Counsel & Secretary |
| John Sellars | |
| Keith Hamill | Non-Executive Director |
| Leslie Atkinson | Non-Executive Director |
| Nicholas Temple | Non-Executive Director |
| RA Lawson | |
| Rupert Soames | Non-Executive Director |
| Timothy G. Barker | Non-Executive Director |
| C. Carfora | Secretary |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Claus-Jurgen Mamsch | Chairman |
| Helmut Claus-Jurgen Mamsch | Chairman |
| K. Hamill | Board of Directors |
| L. Atkinson | Board of Directors |
| Paul Hollingworth | Board of Directors |
| Robert A. Lawson | Board of Directors |
| T.G. Barker | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Electrocomponents plc | CEO | Current |
| McKinsey & Company, Inc. | Current | |
| Electrocomponents plc | Chairman | Current |
| Sage Software | Board of Directors | Current |
| Sage Group Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| INSEAD | MBA | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Electrocomponents plc | General Manager of Group Is | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Electrocomponents plc | Pa To Group Finance Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Electrocomponents plc | Director, Finance | Current |
| Electrocomponents plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Electrocomponents plc | Finance Director | Current |
| Electrocomponents plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Electrocomponents plc | Secretary | Current |
| Electrocomponents plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Electrocomponents plc | General Counsel & Secretary | Current |
John has been in marketing for more than 25 years specialising in direct marketing both in business-to-business and consumer fields - particularly building and exploiting customer databases. Before forming his own consultancy 10 years ago, John worked for a number of major UK companies, including Commercial Union's ARP Association where he increased the membership base from around 12,000 to over 120,000. Before ARP John worked as Marketing Manager for Saga Publishing where he re-launched the Saga Club and used a range of direct marketing methods to increase club membership to over 300,000. Prior to Saga, John was Direct Mail Operations Manager at Whatman, responsible for their LabSales Catalogue and before that ran Digital's DECdirect Catalogue. Before that he held a similar position with Fisons, responsible for the Griffin & George educational catalogue. Before joining Fisons, John had been Managing Director of two successful mail order catalogue companies. John originally trained as an electronics engineer with Hawker Siddeley Dynamics before working for RS Components Ltd (part of Electrocomponents plc). John has a Masters Degree in Business Administration. He also holds the BDMA Diploma in Direct Marketing, and is a Member of both the Chartered Institute of Marketing and has recently been made a Fellow of the Institute of Direct Marketing. He is a member of the Institute of Business Advisers, a Fellow of the Institute for Independent Business, and acts as an adviser for the Prince's Trust.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Business Adviser | Principal, Owner | Current |
| Electrocomponents plc | Current | |
| Saga Publishing | Marketing Manager | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| TDG plc | Non-Executive Director | Current |
| Moss Bros Group PLC | Non-Executive Director | Current |
| Electrocomponents plc | Non-Executive Director | Current |
| Tradeblade | Chairman | Current |
| Luminar Group Holdings Plc | Chairman | Current |
| Travelodge | Executive Chairman | Current |
| Tullett Prebon Plc | Executive Chairman | Current |
| Moss Bros Group PLC | Chairman | Former |
| Luminar plc | Executive Chairman | Current |
| Heath Lambert Limited | Non Executive Chairman | Current |
| Electrocomponents plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers | Partner | Former |
| Wh Smith Co., Inc. | Finance Director | Former |
| Guinness & Co | Director of Financial Control | Former |
| W.H. Smith PLC | Finance Director | Former |
| Collins Stewart Limited | Chairman | Former |
| Luminar plc | Board of Directors | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Electrocomponents plc | Non-Executive Director | Current |
| Electrocomponents plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| West Private Equity | Industrial Partner | Current |
| Electrocomponents plc | Non-Executive Director | Current |
| Retail Business Solutions LLC | Chairman | Current |
| Fox IT Limited | Chairman | Current |
| Datatec Limited | Director | Current |
| Datacash Group Plc | Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Electrocomponents plc | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aggreko plc | CEO | Current |
| Aggreko plc | Chief Executive | Current |
| Electrocomponents plc | Non-Executive Director | Current |
| Electrocomponents plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Aggreko plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Baggeridge Brick Plc | Non-Executive Director | Former |
| Gec | Former | |
| Baggeridge Brick Plc | Board of Directors | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Electrocomponents plc | Non-Executive Director | Current |
| Electrocomponents plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Dresdner Kleinwort Benson | Vice-Chairman | Former |
Mr. Mamsch studied economics at Deutsche Aussenhandels-und Verkehrs-Akademie, Bremen and also received training in business administration and shipping in Germany, the United Kingdom and Belgium. He worked for 20 years in international trade and shipping. In 1989 he joined VEBA AG (now E ON AG), Germany's largest utility-based conglomerate. From 1993 to 2000 he was a VEBA AG management board member and as from 1998 responsible for their US electronic businesses and their Corporate Strategy and Development. In 1997 he joined Logica as a Non-Executive Director and until 2007 was appointed their Deputy Chairman. He is Chairman of Electrocomponents plc and also a Non-Executive Director of GKN plc. Mr. Mamsch was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Sappi Limited in January 2004 and is currently a member of both the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee of Sappi Limited. He is Chairman of the Audit Committee of Sappi Fine Paper Europe.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Electrocomponents plc | Chairman | Current |
| Sappi Limited | Board of Directors | Current |
Helmut Mamsch, 62, joined the Board on 1 September 2006 as Chairman designate. He took over as Chairman at the October Board meeting. He is Deputy Chairman of Logica CMG plc and a Non-executive Director of both GKN plc, an automotive and aerospace company, and SAPPI Ltd, a major fine paper producer. He is also a Supervisory Board member of K+S AG and Cemex Deutschland.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| LogicaCMG plc | Deputy Chairman | Current |
| Logica Systems Laboratories | Deputy Chairman | Current |
| Electrocomponents plc | Chairman | Current |
| Sappi Limited | Board of Directors | Current |
| GKN plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Sappi Limited | non-executive director | Former |
| Logica Systems Laboratories | non-executive director | Former |
| RMC Group | non-executive director | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Electrocomponents plc | Secretary | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Electrocomponents plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Travelodge | Chairman | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Electrocomponents plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| BP plc | Former | |
| Aea Technology, Inc. | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Electrocomponents plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Electrocomponents plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Electrocomponents plc | Chair of Board | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Electrocomponents plc | Board of Directors | Current |
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