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19 Sep 2008 10:28



Savile Group plc (the "Company")

Appointment of Advisory Board and Notice of results

Appointment of Advisory Board

Savile Group creates blue chip Advisory Board led by Lord Freeman to help guide the company to further success.

Today Savile Group announces the creation of a prestigious new Advisory Board which will support Savile Group and its three subsidiaries IDDAS, Fairplace and Cedar Talent Management by providing strategic and market-related advice, and help guide the Group as it builds on its recent successes.

Led by businessman and former cabinet minister Lord Freeman, the Board comprises distinguished individuals with highly successful backgrounds in industry, the law, accountancy, academia, human resources and politics.

The Advisory Board consists of:

Lord Freeman (chairman) - chairman of Thales plc, chairman of Cambridge University Technology Transfer Office.

Professor Chris Bones - principal of Henley Management College

Janet Gaymer, CBE QC - independent consultant, former senior partner of Simmons & Simmons

John Salmon - former partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers

Alex Wilson - Group Human Resources Director at BT

Biographical information is provided in the notes below.

Jonathan Cohen, chairman of Savile Group, says: "I am very pleased to bring together such a prestigious and talented group of individuals with a broad cross section of backgrounds to form Savile Group's Advisory Board. We have made excellent progress in turning the Group around, and the new Advisory Board, chaired by Roger Freeman, will provide invaluable strategic and market-related advice to me and the directors of our three businesses to help us prosper and accelerate our growth."

"I am confident the new Advisory Board will help us build on the recent success we have achieved and establish Savile Group as a strong, consistently profitable provider of human capital services to a growing number of clients."

Roger Freeman says: "I was delighted to accept Jonathan Cohen's invitation to chair Savile Group's new Advisory Board. It is essential for the future prosperity of UK plc that we support and nurture our workforce. Savile Group has a vital role to play in helping clients make the most of the talent they have and achieve greater success - particularly in today's tough market conditions."

Notice of results and update

The board expects to announce the Company's final results for the year ended 30 June 2008 on 24 September 2008.

The board note that the demand for outplacement services has increased in the City and other key market places, and the demand for talent management remains strong.

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Notes to Editors

Savile Group plc - AIM listed (SAVG) (until December 2007 Fairplace plc) 

Savile Group is a human capital services group, comprising a number of high quality, premium brands in human resources consulting, with a reputation for excellent client service. The Group provides a wide range of coaching, mentoring, career and talent management support at all levels of seniority across an extensive range of industries and professions, with demonstrable evidence of helping clients to improve the performance of their businesses through their people.

Savile Group has three brands: CEDAR Talent Management, Fairplace, and IDDAS.

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

Fairplace has an enviable reputation for high quality career transition and career management.

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

Biographical Details on members of the Advisory Board

The Rt Hon Lord Freeman is chairman of Thales plc and chairman of Cambridge University Technology Transfer Office. He is a former partner and managing director of Lehman Brothers and a former partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers. He has held various ministerial positions, including cabinet minister for public service.

Professor Chris Bones is principal of Henley Management College. He was previously group organisation effectiveness and development director for Cadbury Schweppes. He has also worked for Shell and Diageo, and has significant international business experience and a reputation as a leading practitioner in executive education and development, change and HR strategy. Chris is a highly regarded speaker at international conferences on change, HR strategy and employment branding. He is a Board member of Skills for Government, the sector skills council for the Civil Service and an independent non-executive director of the Agricultural & Horticultural Levy Board.

Janet Gaymer, CBE QC, was senior partner of Simmons & Simmons and is now an independent consultant. She is also commissioner for public appointments and a civil service commissioner. In November she received the City of London Law Society's lifetime achievement award. She was the founder chairman of both the UK and European Employment Lawyers Associations and is now respectively life vice president and honorary chairman of the associations. Other achievements include: being a member of the Employment Tribunals Service Steering Board, chair of the Employment Tribunal System Taskforce, and a member of the Council of ACAS; an honorary fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford, an honorary doctor of laws of Nottingham University and an honorary doctor of the University of Surrey.

John Salmon was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers for 29 years. As well as his responsibilities to clients in many industries, he initiated and led for 11 years PwC's services to non-executive directors of major listed companies, which included briefings and workshops. He was also an elected member and deputy chairman of PwC's supervisory board, its own governance body. John is a non-executive director of St Modwen Properties plc.

Alex Wilson is group human resources director at BT. Prior to this, he was senior vice president human resources for ICI having previously worked for Diageo, where he was HR director for Guinness, as well as managing director of its continental European business. Before this, he worked for 10 years for the Ford Motor Company and then spent 12 years with Grand Metropolitan working in the brewery, retail and international drinks divisions. At BT, Alex is responsible for HR excellence across the group with functional responsibility for the HR directors of BT's various lines of business covering the international and UK environments. He also has specific responsibility for organisational development and the executive development of senior management throughout the group.