James Ward; Picture: Arrow

Arrow Electronics has appointed James Ward as general manager for UK and Ireland. He will manage the sales teams and Arrow’s branch network in the UK. Having spent close to 30 years in the electronic component distribution sector, Ward is well known in the industry. He joins from Anglia Components where for most of the past decade he was sales and marketing director and was also a member of the board.

Prior to this he worked for companies including Abacus Polar, Premier Technical Sales, Impulse and Ambar Cascom. He began his career as a senior buyer at STC Electronic Services in Harlow, where Arrow’s UK headquarters are now. Ward’s experience with passive and electromechanical franchises at Anglia followed several roles with companies specializing in semiconductors. While divisional marketing manager at Memec he introduced the Altera and Atmel lines to the UK.