Directorate Change

Anite Group PLC
06 October 2003


For immediate release                                     Monday, 6 October 2003

                                ANITE GROUP plc
                                        
                       Appointment of new Chief Executive
                                        
Anite Group plc, the worldwide IT solutions and services company, is pleased to
announce today that it has appointed Steve Rowley (44) as its new Chief
Executive, with effect from Monday, 3 November 2003. As previously indicated
David Thorpe, currently the Group's interim Chief Executive, will provide
support during a transition period and then will revert to being a non-executive
director of the Group.

Most recently, Steve Rowley was Senior Vice President and General Manager at
PeopleSoft Europe. This business, which recently merged with JD Edwards, has
annual revenues of around US$270 million, employing over 1,000 individuals.
During this time, Mr Rowley has gained significant experience in both the public
sector and financial services, both in the UK and internationally.

Prior to PeopleSoft, Mr Rowley pursued a successful career within 3 Com
Corporation where he progressed from initial appointment of Managing Director,
UK, Ireland and the Middle East to final position based in the USA as senior
Vice President, Corporate Business Development.

Steve Rowley held his first Executive Appointment at BT Cellnet from 1994 to
1996, as Marketing Director and General Manager. Prior to that he held senior
positions in management at Hitachi Trading Company (Nissei) UK and IBM UK
Limited, having commenced his career at Hewlett Packard on graduation from
Loughborough University.

Alec Daly, Chairman of Anite Group plc, commenting on the appointment, stated:

'We are delighted to have appointed Steve Rowley as Anite's new Chief Executive.
As stated previously, our priority was to find a Chief Executive with the right
skill-set for this stage of Anite's development and together with his extensive
international management experience, we believe Steve to be the ideal candidate.

'Steve's priority is to complete our consolidation within the business, and to
provide the leadership and focus on our customers to build the business based on
delivering mission critical business solutions.

'We look forward to a continuing recovery under Steve's leadership, and our
thanks go to David Thorpe for his excellent stewardship during the interim'.



For further information, please contact: www.anite.com


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Alec Daly, Chairman
David Thorpe, interim Chief Executive
Christopher Humphrey, Group Finance Director

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Reg Hoare/Sara Musgrave

In connection with the appointment, Anite also announces that:

1. Mr Rowley holds no directorships in any other publicly quoted companies and
   has not done so in the last 5 years; and

2. there are no details to be disclosed under paragraph 6.F.2(b) to (g) of the
   UKLA Listing Rules.


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