LARD Laird Group

RNS Number:9110M
Laird Group PLC
29 November 2006


                     THE LAIRD GROUP PLC BOARD CHANGES


The Laird Group PLC announces today that Sir Christopher Hum, KCMG, will join 
the Board as a Non-executive Director with effect from 1 December 2006.

Sir Christopher, who is Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge,
recently retired from the Diplomatic Service where he was until the end of last
year H M Ambassador to the People's Republic of China, a post he took up in
2002. Much of his diplomatic career has been connected with Asia, serving over
six years in postings to Hong Kong and Beijing prior to his appointment as
Ambassador; he has also headed the Hong Kong Department of the Foreign and
Commonwealth Office and was Assistant Under Secretary of State for North Asia
and the Pacific.

Sir Christopher's other postings have included Brussels, Paris, the UK Mission
to the United Nations in New York, and Warsaw, where he was H M Ambassador from
1996 to 1998. He is active on academic and business bodies relating to China and
is a fluent Mandarin speaker.

Under the rules on the acceptance of outside appointments by Crown Servants,
Sir Christopher applied for permission to accept this appointment. The Secretary
of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on the advice of the Advisory
Committee on Business Appointments, approved the appointment unconditionally.

The Laird Group PLC also announces today the retirement of Sir Geoffrey Owen and
John McDowall, CBE, as Non-executive Directors, with effect from 31 December 
2006. Sir Geoffrey has served over six years on the Board, and John McDowall 
over eight years. John McDowall has also been the Senior Independent 
Non-executive Director since May 2005 and will be succeeded in the role by 
Anthony Reading, MBE, who was appointed to the Board in September 2004.

Nigel Keen, Chairman of The Laird Group, said:

"We welcome Christopher to the Board of The Laird Group. His global perspective,
especially in relation to economic and political issues, as well as his vast
experience in China where Laird has a major presence, will be invaluable as we
continue to develop and grow The Laird Group.

We thank Geoffrey and John for their valuable service over many years and for
their extensive contribution both to the Board and to the development of The
Laird Group."


For enquiries:   The Laird Group PLC                      Maitland
                 Peter Hill, Chief Executive              Brian Hudspith
                 Jonathan Silver, Finance Director        Charlotte Barker
                 Tel: 020 7468 4040                       Tel: 020 7379 5151





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