Dr George Greener Appointed Non-executive Director

Fleming American Inv Trust PLC
2 December 1999


              The Fleming American Investment Trust plc
                                  
                  Changes to the Board of Directors
                                  
                                  
The  Board of The Fleming American Investment Trust plc are  pleased
to  announce the appointment of Dr George Greener as a non-executive
Director with immediate effect.

Dr  Greener is currently chairman of both Swallow Group plc and  the
British  Waterways  Board and a director of  Reckitt  &  Colman  plc
(Reckitt  Benckiser  from  3/12/99).   He  was  formerly  the  chief
executive of Hillsdown Holdings plc and a director of Allied  Dunbar
Assurance plc, B.A.T. Industries plc and Eagle Star Holdings plc.

No  other notifications are required to be made under paragraph 16.4
of the London Stock Exchange listing rules.

It is further announced that Mr Howard Rudebeck, who has been a non-
executive Director of the Company since 1983, will be retiring  from
the Company on 31st December 1999.


F.W. Easton
For and on behalf of
Fleming Investment Trust Management Limited - Secretary




For further information:

Fraser Easton...........................................0171 880 3425
Andrew Watkins .........................................0171 880 3457