Appointment of Pierre Danon

Hays PLC
27 November 2001

27th November 2001

                                 Hays plc
                   Appointment of Non-Executive Director

Hays plc announces the appointment today of Pierre Danon (45) as a Non-
Executive Director.  Pierre Danon, a French national, is a Director of BT Group
plc and Chief Executive of BT Retail.

Bob Lawson, Chairman, commented:

'We are delighted that Pierre Danon has agreed to join our Board as a Non-
Executive Director.  Pierre's extensive experience in the provision of pan-
European services will add great value to the Board's deliberations and we look
forward to working with him.'

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Enquiries:

Bob Lawson, Chairman         Hays plc               01483 302203

Jon Coles                    Brunswick              020 7404 5959


Background Note

Pierre Danon was appointed CEO of BT Retail in October 2000.  He is responsible
for managing BT's 21 million UK customer relationships ranging from residential
consumers to major corporate clients and government.  BT Retail employs 50,000
people and has an annual turnover exceeding £11 billion.

Before joining BT Retail he was president of Xerox Europe, the European
operations arm of Xerox Corporation.

Pierre holds a degree in civil engineering from the Ecole Nationale des Ponts
et Chaussees, a masters in law degree from the Faculte de Droit Paris II Assas,
and an MBA from the Institute Superieur des Affaires.  He was also a governor
of the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) until September 2000.

He is married with two sons.