Tom Oelschlaeger -

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Aylesbury – 27th April, 2007

Avnet Memec, the demand creation specialist distributor of Avnet in Europe, announced today that it has appointed Bill Walker to Regional Vice President, Northern Europe. Walker is following Neil Carey.

Reporting to Steve Haynes, President of Avnet Memec, Walker is responsible for all sales and marketing activities of Avnet Memec in the UK, Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland. He is based at the Avnet Memec’s UK office in Aylesbury.

Bill Walker is already well known at Avnet Memec - from 2004 to July 2005 Bill held the position of President Demand Creation for the Memec Group EMEA. Until 2004 he held the position of CEO Insight Memec EMEA. During his 20 years with Memec, Bill has held several senior sales, marketing and management positions. Last but not least Bill acted as Memec representative to the Avnet board during the integration process of Memec into Avnet.

"Bill is very well experienced in electronics distribution and has already an excellent understanding of Avnet Memec’s philosophy," said Steve Haynes. "Having worked his way through the distribution ranks, he has broad experience at all levels in marketing, sales and people management across Europe. He is very well positioned to develop the Avnet Memec business in North Europe."

Bill Walker commented: "I am delighted to be taking on this new challenge and to join Avnet Memec! My focus for the next months is to stabilise and increase the business in UK, Ireland and the Nordic countries. And, for sure, I will continue to establish Avnet Memec as the number one demand creation specialist across Europe."

Avnet Memec was established through the integration of Memec and WBC operations, which resulted in its becoming a highly specialized semiconductor distributor operating on a pan-European basis and employing a huge number of engineers to support customer design efforts. The ratio of sales specialists to application specialists is 1:1 – giving it more than twice as many as other Avnet semiconductor companies – and it has more than three times the number of engineers found in traditional distributors. Avnet Memec specializes in highly innovative suppliers and technologies that can help customers to differentiate their designs. Its area of specialization extends from Analog and Microcontrollers to RF, Datacom, and Networking.

Avnet Memec operates as an independent subsidiary of Avnet Electronics Marketing EMEA, and it utilizes the strengths of Avnet’s backbone organizations – such as Avnet Supply Chain Solutions and Avnet Logistics – to ensure the highest level of customer satisfaction.

Avnet Memec operates from 30 offices in 17 European countries. The company represents major semiconductor franchises on a pan-European basis. Its many major supplier partners include NEC, Silicon Laboratories, Lattice, Marvell, and Zarlink.