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20 Oct 2009 10:05

20 October, 2009

Savile Group plc

("Savile Group" or the "Company")

Directorate Change

Savile Group plc, the AIM listed human resources consulting group, has appointed Lord Freeman and Alex Wilson as Non-Executive Directors. Peter Evans and Ken Brotherston have resigned as Non-Executive Directors in order to pursue other business interests.

Lord Freeman has held prominent leadership roles in both the public and private sectors. A former Conservative Cabinet minister, he is Chairman of Thales Holdings UK plc and Cambridge Enterprise Ltd, and a Director of Global Energy Development plc, Thales S.A, France and Chemring Group plc. He is also Chairman of the UK Advisory Panel of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Having formerly been the Chairman of IDDAS, the board level coaching and mentoring business unit of Savile Group, since July 2008 he has been Chairman of Savile's Advisory Panel.

Alex Wilson has served as Group Human Resources Director at BT since July 2002. He is also Chairman of the BT Benevolent Fund and is a member of the Advisory Board of the HR Masters Programme at Bocconi University School (Italy). Prior to his current position, he was Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Group Communications, at ICI (2000-2002).

Jonathan Cohen, Chairman of Savile Group, said: "I am delighted to welcome Roger Freeman and Alex Wilson to the Savile Group Board. They each bring an extraordinary wealth of board level experience; and additionally, in the case of Roger, detailed knowledge of the workings of government and the public sector. These appointments can be seen as strong validation of Savile Group's business model and reflect the progress we have made over the past two years in building a broadly based human resources consulting group."

He added: "I should also thank Peter and Ken for the considerable contribution they have made to the development of Savile Group. We wish them every success in their other ventures."

Enquiries:

Savile Group plc 020 7204 6990

Jonathan Cohen, Chairman

Mark Sidlin, CFO

FinnCap 020 7600 1658

Geoff Nash

Ed Frisby

Cardew Group 020 7930 0777

Richard SpiegelbergJames Milton

Note to Editors

Lord Freeman, 67, a qualified Chartered Accountant, was a Director at Lehman Brothers from 1972 to 1983. He entered Parliament as the Conservative MP for Kettering in 1983 and became a life peer in 1997. He was Minister of State for both Public Transport and Defence Procurement, and served in John Major's Cabinet as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Public Service Minister. 

Alex Wilson, 56, graduated from the University of Strathclyde and worked for 10 years for the Ford Motor Company, 12 years for Grand Metropolitan working in the Brewery, Retail and International Drinks Divisions, and then for Diageo where he was HR Director for Guinness and Managing Director of its Continental European Business. Prior to his current position, he was Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Group Communications, at ICI (2000-2002).

Savile Group is a human resources consulting group with three centres of excellence: 

CEDAR Talent Management, Fairplace and IDDAS. These provide coaching, mentoring, career transition and talent management to leading companies, professional services firms and the public sector.

CEDAR Talent Management offers extensive expertise in coaching, leadership assessment and development.

Fairplace has a reputation for providing high quality career transition and career management services.

IDDAS provides a range of board level career and business mentoring, coaching and talent management services, including leadership development.

Savile Group operates nationwide from offices in: Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle ,Northampton and Reading.

Further information on the Company can be found on its website, at www.savile.com

Appendix

In accordance with Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules, the following information in relation to the appointment of Lord Freeman and Alex Wilson to the Board of Savile Group is disclosed:

Full name: Roger Norman Freeman

Lord Freeman holds and has held within the five preceding years the following directorships and partnerships:

Current directorships and partnerships:

The Busoga Trust

Thales Holdings UK plc

Skill Force Development

Skill Force Development (Wales)

The Challenge Fund Trading Company Limited

Thales UK Pension Schemes CIF Trustee Limited

Thales UK Limited

Global Energy Development plc

Chemring Group plc

Cambridge Enterprise Limited

Parity Group Public Limited Company

Thales Pension Trustees (Section 1) Limited

Thales Pension Trustees Limited

Big DNA Ltd

Security Innovation and Technology Consortium Limited

Skill Force Development (Scotland)

Thales S.A.

Past directorships and partnerships:

Thales (Wigmore Street) Limited

Thales (Weybridge) plc

Thales Electronics plc

Racal Executive Trustee Limited

Racal Senior Manager Trustee Limited

Racal Staff Trustee Limited

Racal-Decca Pension Trustee Limited

Metalysis Limited

Crosscore Optimization Limited

IDDAS Limited

Imprimatur Capital Limited

University of Cambridge Challenge Fund

Lord Freeman is a director of Radiation Watch Limited which was put into creditors' voluntary liquidation on 7 November 2008 with an estimated deficiency as regards creditors of £844,293.

Full name: Alexander Wilson

Alex Wilson holds and has held within the five preceding years the following directorships and partnerships:

Current directorships and partnerships:

Kids Out UK

Past directorships and partnerships:

none

Save as set out above, there is no further information to be disclosed in respect of Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules.