L.A. County

Bruce M. Jaffe, senior vice president-finance, has been promoted to executive vice president at Bell Industries Inc., Los Angeles. Jaffe also will assume the newly created post of chief operating officer. Paul Doucette and Gordon Graham have been promoted to senior vice presidents, with operating responsibilities for Bell’s Industrial Products Group and the Electronics Distribution Group, respectively. Howard B. Franklin will remain president of the Electronics Distribution Group and Nathan Landgarten will remain president of the Industrial Products Group. Succeeding Jaffe as chief financial officer is Jay Conzen.