Board Appointments - Centrica

Centrica PLC
19 September 2000

                  
Board Appointments, Centrica plc

                          
To support the continued growth and expansion of the
Company, Centrica is pleased to announce that Mark Clare
is to be appointed to the newly created position of
Deputy Chief Executive. In this position, he will be
responsible for the Centrica Financial Services Business
and the Company's E-Commerce activities.

To succeed him as Finance Director, we are also pleased
to announce the appointment of Phillip Bentley who will
join the Company as an Executive Director.  Phillip is
currently Finance Director, Guinness-UDV, the alcoholic
beverages division of Diageo plc.

Chairman, Sir Michael Perry, in welcoming Phillip Bentley
to the Board said: 'These appointments bring further
strength to the already successful executive team, and
will ensure we have the capability to continue to deliver
our strategy.'

The appointments are expected to take effect no later
than 1st December 2000.


For further information please contact:


Tess Kershaw, Group Head of Media Relations - 01753 758444
Chris Milburn, Head of Investor Relations -   01753 758114



Notes:

1.Mark Clare, 43, joined the former British Gas plc as
  Group Financial Controller in March 1994 and was
  appointed Finance Director, Centrica plc in February
  1997. He was previously with STC plc, now part of the
  Northern Telecom group. He joined STC in 1989 as Finance
  Manager in the telecoms business, rising to Finance
  Director of STC Submarine Systems. Prior to STC plc, Mark
  spent ten years with GEC-Marconi. He is a Fellow of the
  Institute of Chartered Management Accountants.

2.Phillip Bentley,41, has been Finance Director of UDV since
  June 1999 and was recently appointed Finance Director of 
  Guinness-UDV.  Prior to that he was Group Treasurer and 
  Director of Risk Management of Diageo plc from 1997 and 
  Group Treasurer of Grand Metropolitan plc from 1995. 
  Phillip was previously at BP, where he spent 15 years in
  senior financial roles both in the UK and overseas.  
  An Oxford graduate, he has an MBA from INSEAD and is a
  Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management
  Accountants and a member of the Association of Corporate
  Treasurers.

3.Centrica's strategy has focused on developing
  relationships with its traditional gas customer base and
  successfully expanding into new products and services.
  These comprise electricity supply, telecommunications and
  home services under the British Gas and Scottish Gas
  brands, motoring services under the AA brand and
  insurance and financial services under the AA and
  Goldfish brands. The Company announced its first major
  step in delivering its international strategy with the
  acquisition of Direct Energy last month.