Avnet Promotes Harley Feldberg to Corporate Senior Vice President.

PHOENIX -- Harley Feldberg, president of Avnet Electronics Marketing/Global, the largest operating group of Avnet Inc. (NYSE:AVT), has been promoted from corporate vice president, an officer post he has held since November 1996, to senior vice president, by the company's board of directors.

Feldberg, a 23-year Avnet veteran, has held a number of executive posts in sales, marketing and business management within the company, and headed Avnet Electronics Marketing Asia, based in Singapore, from 2000 to 2002.

He is also a member of the Avnet executive board, which is composed of the CEO's staff.

"Harley has spearheaded a number of significant operational and financial improvements within Avnet Electronics Marketing and, while he served in Asia, made personnel and structural decisions that positioned Avnet as a market leader in that region," said Roy Vallee, Avnet chairman and CEO. "The board of directors acknowledges his strong and skillful leadership with this well-deserved corporate promotion."

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