Directorate Change

Quintain Estates & Development PLC
31 May 2005





31 May 2005



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



          QUINTAIN APPOINTS TOM CROSS BROWN AS NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR



The Board of Quintain has appointed Tom Cross Brown as a non-executive director
with immediate effect.



On joining the Board, Tom Cross Brown will serve as an independent member of the
Audit, Donations, Nominations, Remuneration and Risk Committees.



From 2000 to 2003, Tom Cross Brown (aged 57) was Global Chief Executive Officer
of ABN AMRO Asset Management.  Before that, between 1997 and 2000, he had been
Chief Executive Officer of ABN AMRO Asset Management in the UK and Global Head
of Business Development.  Prior to joining ABN AMRO, Tom spent 21 years at
Lazard Brothers & Co. and was Chief Executive of Lazard Brothers Asset
Management Limited between 1994 and 1997.



Tom Cross Brown is currently a non-executive director of Pearl Group Limited and
Artemis Investment Management Limited and non-executive Chairman of ABN AMRO
GSTS Limited.  He is a Member of the Advisory Council of the AIMR-Insead Global
Investors Workshop for Europe.  Previously, he was a non-executive director for
Whitegate Leisure (1987-1991) and Chairman of the Lazard Property Unit Trust
(1994-1997).



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



Nigel Ellis, Chairman of Quintain, commented:



'Tom has extensive fund management and corporate finance experience and
outstanding contacts across a range of business sectors, including numerous
public and private property companies.  We are confident that he will bring wise
counsel to the Board, complementing and strengthening our efforts as we continue
to grow our investment, development and fund management operations.'



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For further information, please contact:



Quintain

Rebecca Worthington

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Financial Dynamics

Stephanie Highett/Dido Laurimore

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