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14 Nov 2006 12:54

Chamberlin & Hill PLC14 November 2006 CHAMBERLIN & HILL PLC 14 November 2006 Appointment of Finance Director Chamberlin & Hill plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce that SimonDuckworth will be succeeded as the Company's Finance Director by Mark JohnThomas Bache. Mark, aged 42, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and holds adegree in Chemical Engineering from Birmingham University. Since leaving PWC'sMergers and Acquisitions department in 1994, he has held senior positions atCaparo plc, Partco plc and Viasystems Inc., before his most recent role asFinance Director of PEL Limited, an £80 million turnover project managementbusiness. Mark will be appointed a Director and Finance Director Designate with effectfrom Monday 20 November 2006. He will succeed Simon as Finance Director on 1December 2006 prior to Simon's departure at the end of the year for familyreasons, as previously announced. Chairman Tom Brown commenting on the appointment, said: "I am delighted thatMark will shortly be joining our board and he brings with him enormous relevantfinancial experience. We are very much looking forward to working closely withhim as we move Chamberlin and Hill into the next phase of its development." Declarations: Mark was a director of PEL Limited, the holding company of a construction group,and a number of its subsidiaries (the "PEL Group"), until 12 July 2006. The PELGroup went into administration on 29 June 2006 and was subsequently sold as agoing concern. There are no further details required to be disclosed under paragraph 9.6.13R ofthe Listing Rules or Disclosure Rule 3.1.2R. For further information, contact details are: Chamberlin & Hill plcTim Hair, CEO 01922 721 411 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange