Directorate Change

Land Securities Group Plc
20 November 2002



20 November 2002





Land Securities Group PLC ('Land Securities' / 'Group')



LAND SECURITIES - BOARD CHANGES



Land Securities is pleased to announce that it has appointed Mark Collins and
Ian Ellis to the board as Executive Directors with immediate effect.  As Chief
Executive of Portfolio Management, Mark Collins will continue to be responsible
for the Group's portfolio of investment properties, valued at approaching £7.5
billion. Ian Ellis, as Chief Executive of Land Securities Trillium, will
continue to oversee the strategy and operations of the Group's Total Property
Outsourcing business unit.


Mark Collins (46) joined Land Securities on 27 May 2002 from GE Capital Real
Estate ('GE Capital'), where he was Senior Managing Director with responsibility
for investing and managing all GE Capital Real Estate's funding transactions
throughout the UK.  He joined GE in 1996 and, during that time, was involved in
more than 30 separate partnership deals involving £6.5 billion of investment in
real estate.  Prior to joining GE Capital, he worked in Real Estate Finance,
Securitisation and investment markets with Sumitomo Bank (1990-1996), Richard
Ellis (1984-1990) and Hongkong Land (1980-1984).



Ian Ellis (46) was appointed as Chief Executive of Land Securities Trillium ('LS
Trillium') in December 2001.  He joined LS Trillium as a founding member in 1998
as Managing Director of the Corporate Real Estate Group and, in 2001,
successfully led the £2.38 billion bid for British Telecom's corporate property
outsourcing contract.  Previously, Ian worked for Insignia Richard Ellis as
Chief Executive of its Investment Management Division.



Commenting on the appointments, Peter Birch, the Chairman of Land Securities,
commented:



'We are delighted to announce these appointments which represent a further
strengthening of our executive board following last year's appointments of
Francis Salway and Andrew Macfarlane.



'Mark and Ian are highly experienced professionals who have already made a
valuable contribution to the Group. We look forward to continuing to benefit
from their expertise as we maintain our strategic focus of delivering enhanced
shareholder returns.'



In addition, Giles Henderson is stepping down today from the board as a
non-executive director. The board of Land Securities would like to thank Giles
for the significant input he has made to the Group since his appointment.





For further information, please contact:


Land Securities
Emma Denne
Tel: [phone]

Financial Dynamics
Stephanie Highett / Steve Jacobs
Tel: [phone]




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