Board Update

Compass Group PLC
21 July 2005


                               Compass Group PLC
                                  Board Update

21 July 2005

Compass Group PLC today announces that after twenty years Clive Grundy, Group
Human Resources Director will be leaving the company at the end of July. The
position will not be replaced at board level. The HR function will now be
managed directly by the divisional HR directors with a small central team
reporting to the Group Chief Executive.

Sir Francis Mackay, Chairman of Compass Group and Michael J Bailey, Chief
Executive, commented:

'We would like to thank Clive for his valuable contribution over the past twenty
years, especially since 2002 when he joined the Board. We wish him well in the
future.'



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Simon Holberton / Pamela Small                 [phone]






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