Affiliated Distributors (AD), Wayne, PA): Marisol Fernandez will be returning as president of AD’s Electrical and Industrial Business Unit, effective June 8. Fernandez comes back to AD from Bunzl where she held the position of senior VP - Sales Effectiveness and led several strategic functions in its distribution division. Prior to that role, Fernandez was president of AD’s Industrial & Safety – U.S. Division. In that role she helped lead the merger with SafetyNetwork; forming AD’s Safety Network Division; , and championing a key initiative which supported AD members during the height of the pandemic. Fernandez also held positions of increasing responsibility at Essendant and Grainger.
In Fernandez’s new role at AD, the group’s U.S. and Mexico Electrical, Industrial, Safety and Bearings & Power Transmission divisions as well as AD Member Supply will report into her. She will be responsible for working with AD’s E&I executives, staff and divisional boards to develop business strategy, oversee member/supplier relations and overall financial results, and manage and execute AD’s ongoing growth plans for the E&I Business Unit.
Marisol holds an MBA from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management and has several certifications in Project Management. She is a Six Sigma Black Belt, is bilingual in English and Spanish, and proudly served our country as a member of the United States Air Force.
