MFLEX Announces Election of Philippe Lemaitre to Board of Directors

Multi-Fineline Electronix, Inc. (MFLEX), a leading global provider of high-quality, technologically advanced flexible printed circuit and value-added component assembly solutions to the electronics industry, announced that Philippe Lemaitre, 59, has been elected at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to the company’s Board of Directors as a new independent director. Lemaitre filled the position created by the recent retirement from the Board of Directors of Richard Dadamo.

Phil Harding, chairman of the Board of Directors of MFLEX, commented, “I am pleased that Philippe has joined the MFLEX Board. Throughout his 30-plus year career, Philippe has been engaged in the development of technology and technology-driven businesses. He has an excellent track record of successfully managing global business functions including sales, engineering, research and manufacturing operations. We look forward to drawing on Philippe’s wealth of experience as we pursue our objectives to profitably grow our business.”

Mr. Harding continued, “The Board of Directors extends its sincere appreciation to Richard Dadamo for his exemplary service to the company over the last decade. Richard helped guide MFLEX through a period of substantial growth, and his experience and counsel have been invaluable. We wish him well and look forward to his informal counsel in the future.”

Lemaitre was chairman, president and CEO of Woodhead Industries, Inc., a publicly held provider of automation and electrical products. Before joining Woodhead in 1999, Mr. Lemaitre held the position of corporate vice president and chief technology officer of AMP, Inc. and was also responsible for the Computer and Telecom Business Group ($2.5 billion annual sales). Prior to joining AMP, Inc., Lemaitre was employed by TRW, Inc. as executive vice president of TRW and general manager of its Automotive Electronics Group ($1 billion annual sales). He previously held various management and research engineering positions with TRW, Inc., International Technegroup, Inc., General Electric and Engineering Systems International. Mr. Lemaitre holds a master of civil engineering degree from Ecole Speciale des Travaux Publics, Paris, France, and a master of science degree from the University of California, Berkeley.