Harriet Green recognised in FT Top 50 Women in Business list

The annual list highlights the 50 women who have had the biggest impact on global business over the previous 12 months. This is the third year Green has been listed and sees her rise seven places from 37 in 2010 to 30 in 2011. Val Gooding, chairman of Premier Farnell, commented: "Over the past five years Harriet has been instrumental in the transformation of Premier Farnell to a global web business, through a strategy focussed on profitable growth, and we are proud that she has been recognised in this way by the FT. "These are challenging times and ensuring your business is agile will be more important than ever. As we continue to innovate and evolve as a company, to meet the needs of our customers, it is the strength of our leadership that will help us differentiate." Green has been at the helm of Premier Farnell since 2006, having joined from Arrow Electronics. She serves as non executive director on the board of BAE Systems and last year received an OBE for her services to industry.