Anglia Components today announced the promotion of Jill Bowie and Karen Ward to its Board of Directors. Between them, the two new appointees have amassed nearly 60 years’ experience at Anglia, and their commitment and knowledge – together with that of their fellow directors and senior staff – are a big part of why Anglia has achieved its status as one of the largest independent electronic component distributors, with an enviable reputation for customer service.
Jill Bowie joined Anglia in 2001 as Distribution Centre Manager, becoming Operations Manager in 2009. At that time she also took responsibility for Human Resources, where her skills enabled her to implement an enhanced HR strategy throughout the company. In June 2011 Jill was appointed to the Executive Leadership Team as Operations Director.
Karen Ward joined Anglia’s internal sales team in 1990. Subsequently, she has developed a thorough understanding of the company’s ethos by managing a number of departments, including Internal Sales, Customer Relations and Business Development. In 2002 Karen was promoted to the position of Office Manager, a role that encompassed responsibility for all office-based customer and supplier-facing departments, where vendor managed inventory, value-added services and supply chain management have played an increasing part of the business. She was appointed to the Executive Leadership Team as Sales Office Director in June 2011, then became Commercial Director in 2023.
Praises Steve Rawlins, Anglia’s CEO: “Jill and Karen fully deserve this promotion, as both have demonstrated extreme loyalty to Anglia and a thorough commitment to delivering exemplary customer service. Jill’s considerable knowledge of logistics and understanding of continuous improvement programmes will continue to benefit Anglia and ensure that our processes and procedures are the best in the business. Karen has successfully performed many roles during her long career at Anglia, which helps her understand and respond positively to customer requirements in a dynamic industrial environment.”
About Anglia
Anglia Components Plc is a leading, privately-owned, authorised, UK and European distributor of semiconductors, optoelectronics, interconnect, passive and electromechanical components with franchise agreements with many of the world’s top component manufacturers. A signatory of the ADS SC21 programme, the company holds AS9120, ISO9001 and ISO14001 accreditations.
With a highly experienced team of staff, Anglia supports OEM and EMS companies in every sector of electronics manufacturing. Anglia’s suppliers include many leading electronic component brands, complemented by many smaller companies with leadership in their chosen technologies.
Anglia stocks over 2 billion components from more than 1.7 million product lines in its UK based distribution centre. Components from every supplier are stocked in depth and breadth for same-day dispatch. Anglia aims to streamline logistics and reduce customers’ transaction costs through services that include VMI, KAN-BAN, API, EDI, BoM management tools and customer-dedicated inventory, while an accurate, on-time delivery performance is a vital goal for the company.
Technical support includes the unique Ezysample sampling service that delivers free components and evaluation tools to customers across the UK and Europe. This is backed up by expert technical advice from well-trained product specialists and face-to-face guidance from field applications engineers. Both commercially and technically, management of industry legislation and component obsolescence are recognised as areas of vital importance to customers.
Goods are shipped in sustainable, reuseable and recyclable packaging via our logistics partner FedEx. Anglia works to ensure CO2 emissions are minimised and partners with climate schemes to offset any unavoidable emissions whilst continually working towards improving sustainability. Information on Anglia’s sustainability initiatives can be found on Anglia Live.
Anglia is driven by an ethos of ever-improving customer understanding and, as a privately owned business, aims to provide a fast, consistent and highly responsive service. Further information can be found at www.anglia-live.com
