Merriman Curhan Ford Announces Appointments in Its Investment Bank and Broker/Dealer

The Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. appointments include:

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Peter Coleman, chief financial officer and chief operating
officer of Merriman Curhan Ford Group, Inc., has been named chief
executive officer of the firm's investment bank and broker/dealer.

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Henry Tang, senior vice president, Finance & Accounting of
Merriman Curhan Ford Group, Inc., has assumed the role of chief
financial officer of the firm's investment bank and broker/dealer.

Jon Merriman will remain chief executive officer of Merriman Curhan Ford
Group, Inc. and focus fulltime on helping fast-growing companies and
institutional investors with their capital markets needs.

Merriman stated: "Peter and Henry will be great senior managers for our
investment bank as we resume our growth initiatives. Both have done an
outstanding job over the very difficult past year. Their strong
management and financial services operations experience will help shape
our firm for consistent, long-term profitability. Rob Ford, president of
MCF Services Group, Brock Ganeles, president of Brokerage, and I will
spend our time strengthening and adding to our client relationships, and
driving revenue across our capital markets platform."

About Merriman Curhan Ford

Merriman Curhan Ford (NASDAQ:
MERR | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) is a financial services firm focused on fast-growing companies
and the institutions that invest in them. The company offers
high-quality investment banking, equity research, institutional services
and corporate & venture services, and specializes in five growth
industry sectors: CleanTech, Consumer/Internet/Media, Health Care,
Natural Resources and Technology. For more information, please go to www.mcfco.com.

Note to Investors

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements based
on our current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve
risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements in this release are
based on information available to us as of the date hereof. Our actual
results may differ materially from those stated or implied in such
forward-looking statements, due to risks and uncertainties associated
with our business, which include the risk factors disclosed in our Form
10-K/A filed on April 30, 2009. Forward-looking statements include
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whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. The
Form 10-K/A filed on April 30, 2009, together with this press release
and the financial information contained herein, is available on our
website by going to www.mcfco.com
and clicking on "Investor Relations."

This release is for information purposes only and should not be
regarded as an offer to sell or solicitation to buy the securities or
other instruments of the companies mentioned.

SOURCE: Merriman Curhan Ford Group, Inc.

Merriman Curhan Ford 
Matthew Ord, 415-262-1382 
Vice President, Marketing Communications 
mord@mcfco.com

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