15th May 2020 CDO Appointment

The transformation of our business continues with the key appointment of our first Chief Digital Officer enabling us to take advantage of the potential of digital and e-commerce channels that can enable us to handle low value transactional work whilst focusing on high value advisory solutions. Welcome to Vishal Chhatralia, who has joined Exertis from Electrocomponents (known as RS Components) where he was instrumental in successfully leading their digital transformation strategy across the globe, resulting in £1bn being traded online p.a. Vish will report to Tim Griffin, our Exertis Group MD and also dotted line to Paul Bryan, MD for Exertis UK&I. He will be responsible for devising and implementing our digital strategy focussing on customer experience, marketing, digital services and operational efficiencies to drive frictionless trade and expansion of digital technologies across our organisation.