Directorate Change

Directorate Change 

    LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 24, 2003--

TATE & LYLE BOARD CHANGES

Tate & Lyle PLC announces today the appointment of Iain Ferguson as
Chief Executive. He will take up his new role, and his position on the
Board of Tate & Lyle, on 1 May 2003. Simon Gifford, currently Acting
Chief Executive and Group Finance Director, will remain in that role
until 1 May 2003 and will continue as Group Finance Director
thereafter.

Iain Ferguson, 47, is currently Senior Vice President, Corporate
Development of Unilever PLC and NV, prior to which he was Executive
Chairman of Birds Eye Walls. He has more than 25 years' experience of
the agricultural and food industries.

Stanley Musesengwa, 50, currently Chief Executive Officer of the Tate
& Lyle Europe Division, will join the Board on 2 April 2003. He will
take up the new position of Chief Operating Officer, reporting to the
Chief Executive, on 1 May 2003.

John Walker will retire from the Board on 2 April 2003 after 10 years
as a director. John joined the Company in 1966. He will continue to
assist Tate & Lyle's European sugar businesses until August 2004.

Sir David Lees, Chairman of Tate & Lyle, said 'we are delighted that
Iain Ferguson will be joining us. His years of experience with a first
class international company, his knowledge of the global food industry
and his background in science and technology make him an ideal person
to lead Tate & Lyle through the next phase of its development. I am
particularly pleased that he will be supported in this by Simon
Gifford as Group Finance Director, and Stanley Musesengwa as Chief
Operating Officer and I congratulate Stanley on his new appointment. I
also thank John Walker for his many years of loyal service to Tate &
Lyle.

'This is a good day for Tate & Lyle. I am confident that, with these
appointments in place and after the restructuring we have carried out
over the last few years, we are well placed to grow our business. I
very much look forward to working with the new team.'

Mr. Iain Ferguson said 'I am delighted to have been offered the
opportunity to lead Tate & Lyle. I have long held a strong respect for
the Company and its employees. I look forward to working with Sir
David and the management team to continue the drive for efficiency and
growth.'

Trading Statement
In accordance with Tate & Lyle's practice at the end of its financial
year, a routine trading statement will be issued on 27th March 2003.


For more information contact:

Mark Robinson, Head of Investor Relations: UK 020 7626 6525
Chris Fox, Director of Corporate Relations: UK 020 7626 6525 (Press)


About Tate & Lyle

Tate & Lyle is a world leader in carbohydrate ingredients. Our core
competence is to take basic carbohydrates - corn, wheat or sugar - and
add value to these raw materials through technology. As a result of
continuous innovation we offer an ever-wider product portfolio of
versatile and functional ingredients. These products include Cereal
Sweeteners, Starches, Sugars and Citric Acid. Our products have wide
applications in the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, paper,
packaging and building industries.

With headquarters in London, the Group has 8,500 employees and 50
plants in 24 countries. Sales in the 53 weeks to 31 March 2002
totalled £3.9 billion.


Biographies of Iain Ferguson & Stanley Musesengwa follow:

Iain Ferguson

Tate & Lyle PLC, Chief Executive (from 1 May 2003)
Iain Ferguson graduated from St Andrews University with Bachelor of
Science in Chemistry and Psychology, joining the Anglo-Dutch consumer
goods business Unilever in 1977. His early career included roles in
operations, sales and industrial marketing. After three years as
Technical Director of BOCM Silcock, he became Executive Chairman of
Plant Breeding International in 1988. In 1992 his role expanded to
include Executive Chairmanship of the Unilever Plantation Group.

He was made Executive Chairman of Birds Eye Walls in 1995, responsible
for some of the country's best known brands and a company with a
turnover of £1 billion. Since April 2001, Ferguson has been Senior
Vice-President, Corporate Development Unilever PLC/NV, responsible for
the corporate strategy and new business development throughout
Unilever.

Ferguson is active in a number of key industry groups, including the
Institute of Grocery Distribution (where he is a Fellow and has
recently become President), the Food & Drink Federation (Vice
President), and the British Nutrition Foundation (Non-executive
Director). He has served on a number of UK public/governmental bodies,
including the Health & Safety Commission quinquennial review, the
Department of Trade and Industry Foresight Panel and the Board of
Companies House (89-96). Most recently he served as a Commissioner on
the Policy Commission on the Future of Farming and Food.

He is a Director of the Rothamsted Research Station (part of the
largest land-based institute in the UK and the oldest in the world)
and a Non-Executive Director of Sygen International plc. Ferguson is
47 years old, married with one child. A British citizen, Ferguson is a
member of both the Farmers' Club and the Caledonian Club.

Stanley Musesengwa

Tate & Lyle PLC, Chief Operating Officer (from 1 May 2003)
Aged 50, Stanley Musesengwa joined the Tate & Lyle Group in 1979 as
Refinery Manager for the ZSR Corporation in Zimbabwe. He subsequently
became ZSR's Commercial Director and Managing Director, as well as
overseeing the establishment of wholesale food and distribution
centres in the region. In 1995 he became Regional Director, Tate &
Lyle Africa, responsible for the Group's African manufacturing
operations, investment portfolio, and a sales & distribution operation
in Southern and Central Africa.

In December 1999 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the newly
formed Tate & Lyle Europe incorporating the Group's British and
Portuguese sugar refining businesses, global sugar/molasses trading
activities and bulk liquid storage division with operations in Canada
and the United States.

Prior to joining Tate & Lyle Musesengwa worked for Nestle for five
years, which included two and a half years service in the USA.

Musesengwa is Zimbabwean and married with one son.

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