Marvell Appoints Thomas Savage as Vice President, Worldwide Legal Affairs and Governmental Policy

SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Marvell(R) (Nasdaq: MRVL), a leader in storage, communications, and consumer silicon solutions, today announced that Thomas Savage has been appointed as the Company's new Vice President, Worldwide Legal Affairs and Governmental Policy, reporting to Sehat Sutardja, Chief Executive Officer. In this new role Mr. Savage will provide guidance to senior management and the board of directors with respect to legal and governmental policy issues.

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"Tom has extensive experience providing legal counsel to high growth technology companies with expanding international operations, including Marvell," said Dr. Sehat Sutardja, Marvell President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "I am confident that his past experience and his knowledge related to corporate governance and compliance will help guide him in assisting the management team to take Marvell to the next level of success."

Prior to joining Marvell, Mr. Savage spent more than ten years with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. where he attained the position of partner. There his specialties included public company compliance, mergers and acquisitions, technology and commercial transactions, and legal counsel for international operations, particularly in China. He also served briefly as Interim General Counsel for Marvell. Mr. Savage holds a J.D. with honors from the University of Chicago Law School and a B.A. in political science, cum laude general studies, from Harvard College. He has been admitted to both the California and Illinois bars and is a member of the board of directors for the Singapore America Business Association.

About Marvell

Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) is a leader in the development of storage, communications, and consumer silicon solutions. The company's diverse product portfolio includes switching, transceiver, communications controller, wireless, and storage solutions that power the entire communications infrastructure including enterprise, metro, home, and storage networking. As used in this release, the terms "company" and "Marvell" refer to Marvell Technology Group Ltd. and its subsidiaries. For more information, visit http://www.marvell.com.

    Marvell Media Relations
    Diane Vanasse
    Tel: 408-222-5198
    dvanasse@marvell.com

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Released July 23, 2009