Directorate Change

AEC Education plc
22 June 2005


Press Release                                                       22 June 2005


                               AEC Education plc

                            ('AEC' or the 'Company')

                           AEC strengthens its Board


AEC Education plc (AEC.L), the provider of educational courses up to
postgraduate degree level in Singapore and Malaysia, announces that Christopher
Hutchinson has been appointed Chief Executive with effect from 1 August 2005.

Currently Academic and Operations Director of the London College of Accountancy,
a post he will resign on taking up his new appointment, Mr Hutchinson has held
several senior positions in both business and academia, among them Chief
Executive at Emile Woolfe Colleges, a division of Nord Anglia Education plc.  A
qualified Accountant, he was previously Professor and Head of Accounting and
Finance at Nottingham Trent University and is a past Chairman of the British
Accounting Association.  He was also Professor, Deputy Principal and Director of
the Business School at Southampton Institute.

Ramasamy Jayapal, a qualified Accountant and currently the Chief Executive of
AEC, is to become Finance Director of the Company, effective from 1 August 2005.
Mr Jayapal has a significant finance and accounting background, and currently
serves on two sub-committees of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of
Singapore, was the Vice President of the Association of Certified and Chartered
Accountants (ACCA Singapore) and the Immediate Past President of the Institute
of Management Consultants Singapore.  He also has more than 15 years of
management experience in the education industry and has co-authored four books
on Singapore and Malaysian taxation.

Ravi Manchanda, currently Finance Director, will resign from the Board and the
Company upon Mr Jayapal taking up his new role.  It has long been both Mr
Manchanda's and the Board's intention for him to leave after helping guide the
Company through its AIM flotation, and the appointment of a UK-resident Chief
Executive provides a suitable opportunity.

Liam Swords, AEC Chairman, said: 'Having last month announced our encouraging
Unaudited Results for the year ended 31 December 2004, we are pleased to
announce this further positive news and welcome Christopher Hutchinson as Chief
Executive, as well as to congratulate Ramasamy Jayapal on his appointment as
Finance Director.

'Coming as they do after the appointment of Associate Professor Chan Yoke Kai as
the Chief Operating Officer and President of our Singapore operating company,
AEC Edu Group Pte Ltd, in February 2005, these appointments further strengthen
the senior management team and position the Company fully to exploit its strong
position in the international market for business educational services.

'The Board would like to thank Ravi Manchanda for his valuable contribution
during and after the AIM listing.  His contribution has greatly assisted in
AEC's success to date and we wish him every success for the future.'

There are no details requiring disclosure in respect of paragraph 17 of the AIM
Rules for Mr Hutchinson.


For further information:

AEC Education plc
Liam Swords, Chairman                                  Tel: [phone]

Media enquiries:

Abchurch Communications
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Notes to Editors

Founded in 1985 in Singapore and Malaysia, AEC is the UK holding company for a
number of companies that provide business educational services to approximately
16,000 students in the Asia-Pacific region: the fastest-growing source market
for international students.  The group offers class-based instruction at one of
the largest educational campuses in Singapore's Central Business District, and
distance learning up to postgraduate level.  In addition, it provides degree
qualifications on behalf of several leading international universities,
targeting the large volumes of overseas students which the Singaporean
government aims to increase as stated in the Global Schoolhouse Vision.

AEC's aim is to be a leader in quality education through facilitating learning,
fostering creativity and developing knowledge, skills and confidence in its
students.  Its recognition by the Singaporean Government as a prestigious and
forward-moving company is shown by its receipt of four rare Singapore Quality
Class Awards.


www.aec.edu.sg




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