Paris, France - Avnet Embedded, a business group of Avnet Electronics Marketing EMEA, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), announced today that Emmanuel Foubert is appointed country manager for France.

Emmanuel Foubert joined Avnet in September 2005 and has worked as Avnet Memec's country manager in France since September 2009. During his time with Avnet Memec he has consistently grown sales through demand creation, with a track record of leading highly engaged teams to deliver outstanding customer and supplier satisfaction.

Martin Brooks, vice president of Avnet Embedded EMEA, said: "Emmanuel will be responsible for driving the continued growth of our Embedded business in France, and will contribute greatly to the long term goals at Avnet Embedded. I believe that Emmanuel's background, market knowledge and leadership skills make him the perfect addition to the team."

Foubert will lead a team of 18 people with tremendous sales and engineering expertise working with the leading suppliers of displays, software and services, wireless M2M, Embedded and Enterprise computing, and industrial printers. The team is located in offices in Paris, Rennes and Lyon.

"I am excited to be joining the Avnet embedded team at a time of tremendous growth in the fast moving Embedded market," says Emmanuel Foubert. "With the people and capabilities already in place, and with new products and services in the pipeline at Avnet Embedded, we have a great opportunity to help our customers become even more competitive in their end markets."

About Avnet Embedded
Avnet Embedded is a product business group within Avnet Electronics Marketing EMEA, an operating region of Avnet, Inc., (NYSE: AVT). Avnet Embedded serves the market-wide need for displays, embedded computing hardware, software, networking and wireless products. It enables leading industrial equipment and device manufacturers to develop better and smarter devices for their end customers, across sectors including industrial, automotive, retail, digital signage, gaming, IT channel, medical/healthcare and green energy.

The group also provides customers with finished or customised products and training, system integration and ODM (Original Design Manufacturer) services through its European technical centres and partners. Avnet Embedded is based across 11 offices, serving 19 countries in EMEA, and has over 3,000 customers, including household names like Bosch, GE Healthcare, H&M, Olivetti, Siemens, and many others. www.avnet-embedded.eu

About Avnet, Inc.
Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), a Fortune 500 company, is one of the largest distributors of electronic components, computer products and embedded technology serving customers globally. Avnet accelerates its partners' success by connecting the world's leading technology suppliers with a broad base of customers by providing cost-effective, value-added services and solutions. For the fiscal year ended June 28, 2014, Avnet generated revenue of $27.5 billion. For more information, visit www.avnet.com.

For more information, please contact:

Karine Duval
Manager Communications Avnet Embedded
14 rue Carnot 91349 Massy Cedex, France
Phone: + 33 1 64 47 99 98
Email: karine.boisseau@avnet-embedded.eu

Anja Woithe - Senior PR Manager Avnet Electronics Marketing EMEA
Im Technologiepark 2-8
D-85586 Poing
Phone: +49 (0) 8121 774 459
Email: anja.woithe@avnet.eu

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