Avnet Memec announced that Chris Shipway has recently been appointed as Country Director UK. He will be responsible for all sales activities in the UK and will directly report to Bill Walker, Regional Vice President Sales Northern Europe. He started his electronics career working in the Memec Warehouse (Thame Components) at Thame in 1982. He became an assistant Product Manager in 1985 working with lines like Altera and Brooktree before co-starting a company called Sequoia Technology (in 1992 Sequoia Technology was sold to the Tekelec Group). Shipway continued working for Tekelec for another 4 years as Managing Director for the UK, Ireland and Denmark. In 1997 he left Tekelec to start Azzurri Technology and later took on the responsibility of running the UK and Ireland. In 2008 Azzurri was sold to Avnet Memec.
