In this role, McNally will become a member of Rexel’s Executive Committee and be in charge of Rexel’s operations in North America, encompassing both the U.S. and Canadian businesses, which represent about one-third of the Group’s total sales.
The appointment comes after the previously announced decision by Christopher Hartmann, executive V.P. and CEO of Rexel Holdings USA to leave the company, as well as Jeff Hall’s recent decision to retire as senior V.P. and CEO of Rexel Canada Electrical Inc., after 21 years with Rexel. Hartmann and Hall were both members of Rexel’s Executive Committee.
Rexel said in a press release that McNally’s appointment reinforces its commitment to create the leadership conditions to further accelerate the business transformation and to leverage synergy and scale across North America, and to drive the execution of Rexel’s Energy in Motion strategy through enhanced customer centricity and organizational effectiveness for profitable organic and external growth.
McNally joins Rexel from Arrow Electronics Inc., a global provider of electronic products, services and solutions for industrial and commercial end-users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions, with $21 billion in sales for 2013. He worked for Arrow Electronics for over 30 years in a variety of leadership positions in both the United States and Europe.
While working at Arrow Electronics for more than 30 years McNally held several senior management posts in the United States and Europe, most recently as senior V.P., marketing and asset global components. His Arrow experience also included stints as president of Arrow Specialty Business; president of Arrow EMEA, based in Germany, where he conducted the transformation of a $4 billion European business; president of Global Alliance and Supply Chain; and president of North America Components, after some experience as managing director Northern Europe, based in the UK.
He has an MBA from the University of Michigan, and a BBA in production operations.
Rexel Holdings USA was ranked as the third-largest electrical distributor in North America on Electrical Wholesaling’s Top 200 listing. Globally, the company has 2,300 branches in 38 countries, an estimated 30,000 employees, Rexel recorded sales of €13 billion (approximately US$17.5 billion) in 2013.