George Tenet joins Board

QinetiQ Group plc
24 October 2006

                                
             QinetiQ appoints ex-CIA head as non-executive director

                        George Tenet joins QinetiQ board



QinetiQ Group plc, the international defence and security technology company,
today announces the appointment of George Tenet as an independent non-executive
director, with immediate effect. Tenet was one of the longest serving directors
in the history of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), holding office from
1997 to 2004.

Tenet was sworn in as the 18th director of Central Intelligence in July 1997,
and under presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush led efforts to rebuild and
modernise the CIA's capacity to acquire, analyse and disseminate critical
intelligence information. Prior to this appointment he held the positions of CIA
deputy director and acting director.

Commenting on the appointment, QinetiQ's chairman Sir John Chisholm said: 'I am
extremely pleased to welcome George Tenet to QinetiQ. His extraordinary track
record and experience in the fields of intelligence and security are
particularly relevant as we continue to focus on the US defence and security
market.'

He added: 'We now have a full complement of non-executive directors, all of whom
bring outstanding expertise to the company.'

Tenet said: 'I am looking forward with great enthusiasm to working with the
QinetiQ team. I am especially interested in the capacity of the company's
technologies to meet a number of the challenges faced by our nations' military
and intelligence personnel.'

Other senior posts held during Tenet's distinguished career in US federal
government include staff director of the Senate Committee on Intelligence and
membership of the National Security Council. He is currently a professor at
Washington's Georgetown University, a board director of Guidance Software Inc
and L-1 Identity Solutions and sits on the advisory board of The Analysis
Corporation.

Tenet was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest
civilian honour, in December 2004. He has received numerous foreign decorations,
being the first American to receive the Egyptian Order of Merit (First Class)
and the first non-Canadian to be awarded the Canadian Security Intelligence
Service Gold Medal.

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                                      RNS


             QinetiQ appoints ex-CIA head as non-executive director

                        George Tenet joins QinetiQ board



QinetiQ Group plc, the international defence and security technology company,
today announces the appointment of George Tenet as an independent non-executive
director, with immediate effect. Tenet was one of the longest serving directors
in the history of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), holding office from
1997 to 2004.

Tenet was sworn in as the 18th director of Central Intelligence in July 1997,
and under presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush led efforts to rebuild and
modernise the CIA's capacity to acquire, analyse and disseminate critical
intelligence information. Prior to this appointment he held the positions of CIA
deputy director and acting director. He is currently a professor at Washington's
Georgetown University, a board director of Guidance Software Inc and L-1
Identity Solutions and sits on the advisory board of The Analysis Corporation.

Commenting on the appointment, QinetiQ's chairman Sir John Chisholm said: 'I am
extremely pleased to welcome George Tenet to QinetiQ. His extraordinary track
record and experience in the fields of intelligence and security are
particularly relevant as we continue to focus on the US defence and security
market.'

Tenet said: 'I am looking forward with great enthusiasm to working with the
QinetiQ team. I am especially interested in the capacity of the company's
technologies to meet a number of the challenges faced by our nations' military
and intelligence personnel.'

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                          RNS (in the event of a leak)


                         QinetiQ non-executive director


QinetiQ Group plc confirms that it is in discussion with George Tenet, director
of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 1997-2004, with regard to the
position of independent non-executive director.

QinetiQ's intention to recruit one further independent non-executive director
with significant US experience was set out in its flotation Prospectus and in
its Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2006.




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