Arrow Electronics names Deidra Merriwether as president and COO

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW) has appointed Deidra C. Merriwether to the newly created position of president and chief operating officer, effective Sept. 8, 2026. She will report to William F. Austen, interim chief executive officer, and will oversee Arrow's global business segments and logistics organizations.

Merriwether joins Arrow from W.W. Grainger, Inc., where she served as senior vice president and chief financial officer since 2021. Before that role, she held positions of increasing responsibility at Grainger since 2013, including senior vice president and president of North American sales and services. From 2002 to 2013, she held general management and finance roles at Sears Holdings Corporation, departing as chief operating officer of retail formats. Earlier in her career, she worked as an engineer and production leader at Eli Lilly and Company and gained accounting and mergers and acquisitions experience at PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited.

Steven H. Gunby, chairman of the Arrow board of directors, cited Merriwether's experience in distribution and her track record leading commercial, operational, and financial teams as factors in the appointment.

Merriwether holds a Master of Business Administration from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. She currently serves as an independent director on the board of Weyerhaeuser Company, where she is a member of the audit committee and the governance and corporate responsibility committee.

Arrow Electronics reported 2025 sales of $31 billion. The company is based in Centennial, Colo.

You May Also Be Interested In

• Pulse Seismic names CFO Pamela Wicks as president and CEO
• Riley Exploration Permian names Synthia Jaramillo as new SVP
• Arrow Electronics Reports Strong Second-Quarter 2026 Results