Directorate Change

Lloyds TSB Group PLC
18 April 2008





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LLOYDS TSB APPOINTS HELEN WEIR TO HEAD RETAIL BANKING DIVISION


The board of Lloyds TSB announced today the appointment of Helen Weir as Group
Executive Director, UK Retail Banking, with immediate effect.  Ms Weir is
currently Group Finance Director of Lloyds TSB having joined the group in 2004.


Eric Daniels, Lloyds TSB Group Chief Executive, said; "I am delighted to see
Helen take up the leadership of the retail bank given her strong track record of
delivery coupled with her experience of retail businesses.  As Group Finance
Director she has an in-depth understanding of the retail bank and is the obvious
and natural choice to lead the division through the next phase of its
development."


Sir Victor Blank, Lloyds TSB Chairman, commented; "Helen's track record as Group
Finance Director and an executive director of Lloyds TSB speaks for itself. She
is a hugely respected industry figure and it is natural that she should now
bring her skills and considerable retail experience to our retail bank."


The board also announced that Tim Tookey, currently Deputy Group Finance
Director, would assume the position of Acting Group Finance Director to ensure a
smooth transition of responsibilities as Helen takes charge of the retail bank.



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Notes:

Biographical details about Helen Weir and Tim Tookey are attached below.


For further information:

Investor Relations
Michael Oliver
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Media
Leigh Calder
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Amy Mankelow
Senior Manager, Media Relations
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Biographical details - Helen Weir, CBE
Career history
2004-present     Lloyds TSB Group plc                     Group Finance Director
2000-2004        Kingfisher                               Group Finance Director
1995-2000        B&Q plc                                  Finance Director
1990-1995        McKinsey and Co. Inc.                    Engagement Manager
1985-1988        Stanford Graduate School of Business     Researcher, Marketing Dept.
1983-1985        Lever Brothers Limited                   Manager


Professional qualifications
1983-1985       Fellow  of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
                Qualifying examinations completed 1985
                Institute Prize (awarded to third place candidate overall) in Part III (Final)
                Prize for first place in Quantitative Techniques (Part I)


Education
1990             Stanford Graduate School of Business       M.B.A. degree
1985-1988        Stanford Graduate School of Business       Doctorial Candidate in Marketing
1983             Oxford University                          M.A.(Hons) - Mathematics, with first
                                                            class honours


Other appointments
Non-Executive Director of Royal Mail Holdings plc
Former member of the Accounting Standards Board
Member of the Advisory Board and Advisory Forum, Said Business School,Oxford
Trustee of Wasps Community Foundation


Recognition
CBE - recognised in the New Years Honours List 2008 for services to the Finance Industry
International Accountant of the Year - 2007
Women in Banking and Finance Award for achievement - 2007
Harpers Bazaar/Chanel Businesswoman of the Year - 2006
Recognised as 'Best European General Retail Finance Director' by Institutional Investor magazine - June 2003


Other information
Date of birth - 17th August 1962
Married with three 3 children
Honorary Treasurer and Manager-U10s for Beaconsfield Rugby Club

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Biographical details - Tim Tookey
Career history
2006-present     Lloyds TSB Group plc                       Deputy Group Finance Director
2002-2006        Prudential UK & Europe                     Finance Director
1996-2002        Heath Lambert Group Ltd                    Group Finance Director
1985 to 1996     KPMG                                       Senior Manager


Professional qualifications
1988            Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales
                Qualifying examinations completed 1988


Education
1981-1985        University of Bath                         B.Sc.(Hons) - Building Engineering , 2:1


Other information
Date of birth - 17th July 1962
Married with two children





FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS



This announcement contains forward looking statements with respect to the
business, strategy and plans of the Lloyds TSB Group, its current goals and
expectations relating to its future financial condition and performance. By
their nature, forward looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because
they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future.
The Group's actual future results may differ materially from the results
expressed or implied in these forward looking statements as a result of a
variety of factors, including UK domestic and global economic and business
conditions, risks concerning borrower credit quality, market related risks such
as interest rate risk and exchange rate risk in its banking business and equity
risk in its insurance businesses, changing demographic trends, unexpected
changes to regulation, the policies and actions of governmental and regulatory
authorities in the UK or jurisdictions outside the UK, including other European
countries and the US, exposure to legal proceedings or complaints, changes in
customer preferences, competition and other factors. Please refer to the latest
Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission
for a discussion of such factors. The forward looking statements contained in
this announcement are made as at the date of this announcement, and the Group
undertakes no obligation to update any of its forward looking statements.




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