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Dick Borsboom joined Avnet as president of Avnet Technology Solutions, EMEA, in April 2007. He is responsible for the strategic focus and growth of Avnet's computing business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
Borsboom brings to Avnet his long-standing experience in the multinational distribution and services industry. He has a solid background in business management, finance, human resources and information technology. As chief financial officer and vice president of finance, HR and IT at Flexsys Coordination Centre N.V. in Belgium, Borsboom guided the company to double-digit profit growth.
Before joining Flexsys in 2003, he served as CFO for Bell Microproducts in the United States. In his previous six years with the VEBA Group, he began as director of the corporate audit department for Raab Karcher AG and was subsequently appointed CFO of the VEBA Electronics Group. In this capacity Borsboom initiated the establishment of the subgroup's headquarters in the United States. The profitable outcome of several acquisitions and disposals under his leadership testifies to his professional knowledge, which includes considerable experience of mergers and acquisitions.
Dick Borsboom began his professional career at KPMG in 1983. He holds a Masters Degree in Economics from the University of Tilburg in the Netherlands. | 