Directorate Change

Quintain Estates & Development PLC
27 January 2004


27 January 2004



       Quintain Estates and Development PLC ('Quintain' / the 'Company')


                    QUINTAIN APPOINTS NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR


The Board of Quintain is pleased to announce that it has appointed Joan
MacNaughton as a non-executive director with immediate effect.

Joan MacNaughton (aged 53) has worked for the Civil Service throughout her
career and gained wide-ranging experience and detailed knowledge of numerous
government departments and policy sectors. Joan is currently the Director
General, Energy within the DTI, a position she has held since January 2002, and
is responsible for managing a department of around 500 people and a budget of
£27 million.

Previously, Joan has held senior positions within a number of other government
departments including Director General, Policy - Lord Chancellor's Department
(June 1999 - December 2002) and Chief Executive - Police Information Technology
Organisation (April 1996 - June 1999). She has also acted as Principal Private
Secretary to two Home Secretaries, the Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke and Rt Hon Michael
Howard, between 1992 and 1995 and to Lord Whitelaw, in his role as Deputy Prime
Minister between 1985 and 1987.

No further details remain to be disclosed as required under chapter 16.4 of the
FSA Listing Rules.

Nigel Ellis, Chairman of Quintain, commented:

'When we announced our interim results in November 2003, we expressed our desire
to recruit a non-executive director with public sector experience and we are
therefore very pleased that Joan has accepted this position.  We firmly believe
her extensive experience and innate knowledge of the civil service and
government will be an extremely valuable asset for Quintain across all our
business and particularly our growing portfolio of inner city regeneration
projects.'


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For further information, please contact:

Quintain
Nigel Ellis/ Rebecca Worthington
Tel: [phone]

Financial Dynamics
Stephanie Highett/Dido Laurimore
Tel: [phone]


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