IQE announces appointment

IQE plc
("IQE" or "Group" or "the Company")

20 November 2009



Cardiff, November 20th 2009: IQE, the leading supplier of Epitaxial
wafer growth services for the Wireless, Optoelectronic, Solar, and
Solid-State Lighting industries is pleased to announce the
appointment of Adrian Meldrum as Group Business Development Director.
Adrian will be based at the Group's headquarters in Cardiff, UK.

Adrian has over 15 years experience in the optoelectronics market
sector having held a range of technical and commercial roles with
JDSU and more recently, business development and sales & marketing
roles at Bookham (now Oclaro) where he was General Manager of the
Telecom Division until joining IQE.

The appointment complements and further strengthens IQE's management
team following the recently announced appointments Professor Wang
Nang Wang as Chief Scientific Adviser, Walt Wohlmuth as New
Technology Director in the US,   Kent Wardley as US Wireless Sales
Director, and Brian VanOrsdel as US Opto Sales Director.

IQE's comprehensive portfolio includes III-V PHEMT, HBT, and BiFET
 epi-wafers as well as Lasers, detectors, VCSELs, Ultra High
Brightness LEDs and multi-junction photovoltaic solar cells for CPV
applications. IQE's products are grown by MBE, MOCVD and CVD at IQE's
six manufacturing sites in the US, UK, and Singapore.





Contacts:

Drew Nelson
Phil Rasmussen
Chris Meadows

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