Vinnie Vellucci Named President of North American Components

Arrow Electronics, Inc., (NYSE: ARW) today announced that Vinnie Vellucci has been named president of Arrow North American Components (NAC) effective immediately.

In this role, Mr. Vellucci will lead the electronics components products and services business for the Americas region as well as the Global Alliance business for Arrow Global Components. He will report to Peter Kong, president, Arrow Global Components. Arrow NAC provides electronic components, services and solutions to a broad range of original equipment manufacturers as well as contract manufacturers.

Mr. Vellucci has been with Arrow for over 40 years and has served in numerous senior management positions. Most recently, he was senior vice president of sales for Arrow Components in North America. Prior to that, he served as senior vice president of global sales excellence, president of Arrow Electronics Components, president of Arrow/Bell components and president of Arrow/Zeus electronics. Vinnie has an educational background in marketing and attended the General Manager Program for Executives at the Harvard Business School.

"Vinnie has a long history of building strong relationships with suppliers and customers to deliver exceptional results. His strong track record of sales leadership, commitment to building a culture of sales excellence and deep knowledge of Arrow and the electronics distribution industry make him ideal for this role,” said Mr. Kong.

Kurt Colehower has decided to depart Arrow to pursue outside opportunities. "We thank Kurt for all his contributions to the company and wish him the best in his future endeavors,” said Mr. Kong.

Arrow Electronics (www.arrow.com) is a global provider of products, services and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions. Headquartered in Melville, N.Y., Arrow serves as a supply channel partner for over 900 suppliers and 125,000 original equipment manufacturers, contract manufacturers and commercial customers through a global network of more than 310 locations in 51 countries and territories.