Directorate Change

Artemis Alpha Trust PLC
05 April 2006



ARTEMIS ALPHA TRUST PLC (the 'Company')

Appointment of non-executive Director


The Board of Directors of the Company is pleased to announce the appointment of
Mr Tom Cross Brown as a non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 5
April 2006.


Mr Cross Brown was, until 2003, Global Chief Executive Officer of ABN AMRO Asset
Management, having previously been Chief Executive Officer of ABN AMRO Asset
Management in the UK and Global Head of Business Development. Prior to joining
ABN AMRO, Mr Cross Brown spent 21 years at Lazard Brothers & Co. and was Chief
Executive of Lazard Brothers Asset Management Limited between 1994 and 1997. He
is currently holds a number of board appointments including several life
insurance companies and pension funds and was previously a director of Artemis
Investment Management Limited.


Through his positions at ABN Amro Asset Management and Artemis Investment
Management Limited, Mr Cross Brown is not considered to be independent, for the
purposes of the Combined Code on Corporate Governance, however, he is considered
by the Directors to be independent in character and judgement.


It is confirmed that there are no details to be disclosed concerning Mr Cross
Brown under paragraph 9.6.13R of the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority.


At the date of his appointment, Mr Cross Brown has a beneficial interest in
44,321 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company.



5 April 2006






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