International Electric Supply Corp. (Dallas, the U.S. holding company that oversees Rexel Inc. and Gexpro): Christopher Hartmann, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Thomas & Betts Corp. (T&B), will succeed Dick Waterman as executive vice president and CEO in late January. Waterman will remain with IESC, but will take on other duties, including becoming chairman of the National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED) in 2008-09. More details are expected in January. Hartmann was promoted to chief operating officer in October 2006. Before that, he was the head of T&B’s electrical products operations in the United States, Europe, Asia and Latin America. Hartmann joined T&B from Affiliated Distributors (A-D), where he served as president and chief operating officer.

Ideal Industries Inc. (Sycamore, Ill.): Terry Stevens has been appointed to regional manager. She has more than 15 years of experience in the electrical industry. She will report to Bob Bukowsky, vice president of sales. Stevens comes to Ideal from Osram Sylvania where she served as national sales manager, Consumer Products. Stevens has served as a board member for NAED Lake Michigan Club, Chicago Electric Association and Chicago Electric Association Education Foundation.

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