BWI: Premier Farnell’s Technical Assistant to CEO Wins Young Achiever of the Year at UK’s Asian Women of Achievement Awards 2010

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Source: Premier Farnell
Tuesday, June 08, 2010 09:50 AM IST (04:20 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Electronic appliances & components, Information technology, Media & entertainment; Technology
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Premier Farnell's Technical Assistant to CEO Wins Young Achiever of the Year at UK's Asian Women of Achievement Awards 2010


Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Tuesday, June 08, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- Premier Farnell plc (LSE:pfl), the leading multi-channel, high service electronics distributor, congratulates Bijal (Bee) Thakore, Technical Assistant to Premier Farnell's CEO Harriet Green, on being named '2010 Young Achiever of the Year' by the Asian Women of Achievements Awards held in London on 19 May.

28-year-old Thakore, who was also awarded the prestigious 2009 Women Engineering Society's Young Engineer Award from the Institute of Engineering and Technology, is an aeronautical engineer and founder of interdisciplinary engineering house Big On Good Solutions. She also volunteers to help young people interested in sciences as a trustee at the UK Space Education Trust and is the youngest member on the board of directors of the world's largest space advocacy group, The Planetary Society.

"Eighty-five percent of this is really for all people who have encouraged, taught and helped me grow, including those I have met and worked with at Premier Farnell," said Bijal Thakore. "This organisation has taught me the necessity of a steadfast application combined with a sound strategy can empower and strengthen businesses on a global scale. I feel very honoured to be presented with this award."

Prior to joining Premier Farnell, Bijal was the Client Development Officer at LEGO Play for Business. Before her time at LEGO she worked at the Composite Research Lab at AIRBUS, and at Rolls-Royce Defence Aerospace Ltd., working with the Future Projects Office, supporting flight testing of next generation of Adour Mk951 Jet Engines.

Bijal was born in India, and has worked and lived in the UK, Canada, France, China and US. She has a Masters of Engineering in Aerospace from the University of Bath and a Masters of Space Management from the International Space University.

"We are a vibrant, high-performance company that attracts rich and diverse talent within the industry and are committed to put our people at the heart of our organisation," said Harriet Green, CEO of Premier Farnell. Bee is an excellent member of our team and this award is a true testament to our valuable diverse workforce and our talent seeking strategy, ensuring that the best minds help us to deliver outstanding results and provide us with a competitive edge."

About Premier Farnell

Premier Farnell plc (LSE:pfl) is a leading high service, multi-channel distributor of electronic, and industrial products and specialist services throughout Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific. It goes to market with a differentiated value proposition, world-class marketing, a stocked range of 450,000+ products, and access to 4,000,000 more items from 3,500 top manufacturers. The company has group sales of £795.3m and over 4,100 employees globally.

While global in scope, Premier Farnell recognizes the individual needs of each market and has continued to internationalize its model accordingly, trading locally under different brand names. Its primary electronics businesses trade as Farnell in the UK, India, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, Newark in the US, Canada and Mexico, and Premier Electronics in China and Hong Kong. In Singapore, Malaysia, and Brazil the operation is known as Farnell Newark.

For more information visit the website at www.premierfarnell.com


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