Directorate Change

Centrica PLC
                  

                Centrica Appoints New MD Centrica Energy & Europe

Centrica plc today announced the appointment of Mark Hanafin as its new Managing
Director (MD) Centrica Energy & Europe, reporting to Chief Executive, Sam
Laidlaw. Mr Hanafin will be a Board Director of Centrica plc and a member of the
Company's Executive Committee. Mr Hanafin will replace Centrica's current MD
Centrica Energy & Europe, Jake Ulrich who will be retiring from the company at
the end of July 2008. Mr Ulrich will resign as a director of the Centrica Board
at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting on 12 May 2008.

Mark Hanafin will join Centrica on 14 July 2008 from Shell, where he is
President and Chief Executive Officer of Shell Energy North America based in
Houston. Mr Ulrich, who has led Centrica's upstream operations for 11 years,
will remain in post until Mr Hanafin joins Centrica and will also continue to be
a member of the Centrica Executive Committee until 31 July 2008.

Mr Hanafin has been at Shell for 21 years, holding a number of senior management
roles in marketing, trading and supply chain management before promotion to his
current role which covers responsibilities in both the USA and Europe. Mr
Hanafin is a Chartered Engineer with a First Class Honours degree from Brunel
University.

Commenting on the appointment, Centrica Chairman, Roger Carr said, 'I am
delighted that Mark is joining the team to support Sam in our continued
objective of growing the upstream business. I would like to thank Jake for the
great contribution that he has made at Centrica. He has been the driving force
in creating and building an upstream business for the group, sourcing, producing
and trading the gas and energy for our British Gas customer base.'

Centrica Chief Executive Sam Laidlaw added, 'Given his excellent midstream and
trading credentials as well as an extremely strong track record in developing
supply and marketing businesses Mark will be a huge asset to our management and
board teams and I look forward to working with him.'

Mr Hanafin said, 'I am very much looking forward to joining Centrica and working
to continue to grow the current upstream portfolio. The group has a strong,
diverse footprint with its current mix of assets and I believe there are some
exciting opportunities to build on these for the future.'

There are no disclosures to be made pursuant to paragraph 9.6.13R (1) - (6) of
the Listing Rules.

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