Directorate Change

7th February, 2007

                  CHANGES TO THE ROLLS-ROYCE GROUP PLC BOARD                   

Rolls-Royce has appointed Professor Peter Gregson and John Rishton as
non-executive directors. They will join the Board with effect from 1 March
2007.

Professor Peter Gregson is President and Vice Chancellor of Queen's University
Belfast and John Rishton is Chief Financial Officer of Royal Ahold, having
formerly served on the Board as Chief Financial Officer at British Airways.

Simon Robertson, Chairman of Rolls-Royce, commented, "We are delighted that
Peter Gregson and John Rishton will be joining our Board. Peter will be able to
bring to bear his understanding of technology issues, and John has extensive
knowledge of international business and the aviation industry which will be
particularly valuable to Rolls-Royce".

Rolls-Royce also announced that Sir John Taylor will be retiring as a
non-executive director on 1 May 2007 as he will no longer be able to commit the
time he believes will be required by the Board in the coming years. Simon
Robertson commented, "We are very grateful to Sir John for the contribution he
has made to the Group over the period he has served on our Board".

Biographies of Professor Peter Gregson and John Rishton are attached.

For further information:

Caroline Harris

Director of Corporate Communications

Rolls-Royce plc

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                                 John Rishton                                  

                                CFO Royal Ahold                                

Work History

Royal Ahold

2006 - To date CFO Royal Ahold, member of Executive Board.

Allied Domecq (Non-Exec)

2003 - 2005: Non Executive Director; Chairman of Audit Committee, member of
Remuneration Committee and Nominations Committee. Board member until Allied
sold to Pernod.

British Airways

2001 - 2005: CFO British Airways. Member of BA Board. Member of BA Leadership
Team. Responsible for Finance function (including Procurement and Business
Planning).

1999 - 2001: Commercial Controller responsible for providing financial support
to the Commercial activities (sales, marketing, alliances, cargo).

1998 - 1999: Operations Controller responsible for providing support to
Operational areas (ground operations at Heathrow, Gatwick and regional
airports, cabin crew, flight crew, property).

1996 - 1998: Sales Controller (reporting to Commercial controller) -
responsible for financial support to worldwide sales.

1994 - 1996: Financial Controller North America. Based in New York. Responsible
for all financial aspects of US operation including sales, customer service and
engineering.

Ford Motor Company

1993 - 1994: Finance Director Ford Spain.

1991 - 1993: Finance Director Ford Portugal.

1989 - 1991: Finance Manager, Labour and Overhead (L&O). Based in European HQ
responsible for analysis of L&O for all European manufacturing plants

1979 - 1989 Other senior positions in the Ford Motor Company

Qualifications

Fellow of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants

Economics Degree Nottingham University (1976 - 1979)

                     Professor Peter J Gregson FREng, FIEI                     

           President and Vice-Chancellor, Queen's University Belfast           

Professor Gregson has been President and Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University
Belfast since 2004. He serves on the Northern Ireland Economic Development
Forum, the Council of CBI Northern Ireland and the Steering Group of the US -
Ireland Research and Development Partnership.

Educated at Imperial College London where he was awarded the Bessemer Medal and
the Matthey Prize, Peter Gregson was appointed to the academic staff at the
University of Southampton in 1983, progressing to Professor of Aerospace
Materials in 1995 and Deputy Vice-Chancellor in 2000.

Professor Gregson has received the Donald Julius Groen Prize of the Institution
of Mechanical Engineers (1994) and the Rosenhain Medal and Prize of the
Institute of Materials (1996) in recognition of his research on advanced
aerospace aluminium alloys. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of
Engineering in 2001 and to the Council in 2005. He was appointed to the Council
of CCLRC in 2003.