Avnet has named Erin Lewin as its new senior vice president and general counsel.
Lewin, who has been praised by the company as “demonstrating her ability to effectively guide a global team,” will report to Avnet Chief Executive Officer Rick Hamada and serve as a member of the Avnet Executive Board and Global Executive Council.
She is responsible for leading Avnet’s global legal team and providing advice and guidance to the company’s business leaders.
Lewin first joined the distie in 2007 and, before her promotion, served as vice president and general counsel, Americas, where she gave legal advice and the rest to Avnet’s businesses in the Americas.
Before this she was Avnet’s chief ethics and compliance officer for two years, overseeing all aspects of Avnet’s ethics and compliance program globally. Avnet did not give a general description of its ethics at press time.
Lewin said she looked forward to contributing to the success of the comoany’s individual team members and the organisation as a whole.
She succeeds David Birk, who retired after serving as Avnet’s top lawyer since 1989.
