EANS-News: Identive Group Inc. / Identive Announces New Management Appointments

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Personnel

Subtitle: Michael Ganzera named Vice President Marketing &
Communication; Markus Gyssler joins as Managing Director, ID
Solutions Germany

SANTA ANA, Calif. and ISMANING, Germany, October 4, 2012 (euro adhoc)
- Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt: INV), a provider of
products and services for the identification, security and RFID
industries, today announced that it has streamlined and strengthened
its management team with two new appointments.

Michael Ganzera has been tapped for the newly created corporate role
of vice president Marketing & Communication. Ganzera joined the
Company in 2008 and most recently has served as vice president
Marketing & Business Development for Identive's Identification
Products division. Ganzera's professional background includes 13
years in management roles within the smart card, contactless and
payment industries. Prior to Identive, Ganzera held a variety of
senior positions in engineering, product management, marketing and
business development with NXP Semiconductors' Identification Products
Group. Ganzera's education includes a Master's degree in electrical
engineering and broadcasting from the Technical University of Graz in
Austria. In his new, broader role Ganzera will have responsibility
for refining, coordinating and communicating the Company's
strategies, solutions and capabilities to the marketplace.

Markus Gyssler has been named managing director, ID Solutions
Germany, with responsibility for Identive's Multicard and Payment
Solutions businesses. In this role Gyssler will consolidate the
capabilities of the Company's existing teams and resources to unify
ID systems and solutions activities in Germany. The combined Identive
ID Solutions business will focus on expanding the Company's
engagement with smart city projects, multi-function ID card solutions
and cashless payment systems.

Gyssler brings more than 15 years' experience in senior roles in
project management, marketing, sales, business development, finance
and operations gained in a number of global technology companies
within the software, hardware and digital media industries. Prior to
joining Identive, Gyssler was with the Actano Group, a Zurich-based
project management solutions firm, where he held a variety of senior
management positions, including most recently managing director for
the XPERTS consulting arm of Actano GmbH. Earlier in his career
Gyssler served in senior management roles with BetaResearch GmbH, the
technology center of the KirchGroup, heading the product management
division and several other units within the pay-TV sector. He holds a
degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University Munich
and an MBA from the University of California at Berkeley.

"I am thankful for the commitment and hard work of Achim Hirz and
Juergen Mueller who have recently departed the Company, and I am
pleased to welcome Markus Gyssler to Identive in this important new
role. Since its acquisition in early 2012, clear synergies have
emerged between payment solution and our existing Multicard business,
and we believe Markus will help to propel this process forward,"
stated Ayman S. Ashour, chairman and chief executive officer of
Identive. "As we continue to consolidate our various brands under
Identive, Michael Ganzera's experience in global communication and
deep technological know-how makes him the ideal choice to broaden the
awareness and acceptance of the Identive brand in the marketplace."

About Identive Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt: INV) is
focused on building the world's signature company in Secure ID. The
company's products, software, systems and services address the
markets for identity management, physical and logical access control,
cashless payment, NFC solutions and a host of RFID-enabled
applications for customers in the government, enterprise, consumer,
education and healthcare sectors. Identive's mission is to build a
lasting business of scale and technology based on a combination of
strong technology-driven organic growth and disciplined acquisitive
expansion. The company delivers up-to-date information on its
activity as well as industry trends through its industry-leading
social media initiatives and educational resource, AskIdentive.com.
For additional information, please visit www.identive-group.com or
follow on Twitter at @IdentiveGroup.

Further inquiry note:
Mr. Lennart Streibel
Tel.: +49 89 9595-5195
E-Mail: lstreibel@identive-group.com

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company: Identive Group Inc.
Carnegie Ave., Bldg. B 1900
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