Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Avnet, Inc.
David Birk has been Avnet's chief legal officer since 1989 and
heads the company's global legal team. He reports to
CEO Rick Hamada and is a member of the Avnet
Executive Board. He was the principal architect of Avnet's shared
business services approach to leveraging scale and scope for
internal support services. From 2003 to 2005 Mr. Birk lived in
Belgium and worked from Avnet's European regional headquarters,
where he introduced shared business services principles and
processes to Avnet's European organizations.
He was named a corporate senior vice president in November 1992.
Prior to joining Avnet in 1980, Mr. Birk was a partner in the law firm
of Burstein & Marcus in White Plains, New York, and an associate
attorney in the firm of Jacobs Persinger & Parker in New York City.
Mr. Birk holds a B.A. degree from the University of Florida and a law
degree from Cornell Law School.
Last Updated: 07/04/2011
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