Directorate Change

2 November 2011

Directorate Change

Hays plc, the leading global experts in qualified, professional and skilled
recruitment, is pleased to announce pursuant to LR 9.6.11R that Pippa Wicks
will be joining the Board as a non-executive director on 1 January 2012, and
will become a member of the Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees.

Pippa Wicks is a graduate of Oxford University. She is currently Managing
Director of AlixPartners LLP, the global business-advisory firm and a
non-executive director of Ladbrokes plc, where she is also a member of its
audit committee. She was previously Group Finance Director of Courtaulds
Textiles plc and Chief Executive of FT Knowledge at Pearson plc.

Alan Thomson, Chairman, commented:

"I am delighted to welcome Pippa to the Board of Hays. She is an accomplished
individual with considerable broad-ranging experience gained at a senior level,
and will bring valuable strategic and operational insights to the Board's
decision making."

No further information is required to be disclosed in relation to Pippa Wicks
pursuant to LR 9.6.13 R.