Directorate Change

Shanks Group PLC
31 May 2007



Company Announcement                                                 31 May 2007


               Shanks Group plc New Group Chief Executive


The Board of Shanks Group plc, a leading European independent waste management
company, is pleased to announce the following Board changes.



Group Chief Executive, Michael Averill, has an agreement with the company
whereby he could retire at age 57, an event now less than one year away.  The
Board therefore considered it prudent to commence a search for his replacement
in good time and is delighted to announce the appointment to the Board of Tom
Drury (age 45) as Group Chief Executive Designate, with effect from 3 September
2007.  Michael Averill will stand down from his present position and resign from
the Board on 30 September 2007, and at that time Tom Drury will assume Michael's
role.  Michael will however be retained in an advisory capacity until May 2008.



Following an early career with Unilever and PricewaterhouseCoopers, since 1991
Tom Drury has had a distinguished career with United Utilities plc, and was
appointed a main Board director in 2005.  In 1996 he was appointed Managing
Director of Vertex, and until the recent sale of the business to US private
equity, was responsible for taking Vertex to a leading position in the UK's
highly competitive business process outsourcing market, with turnover of circa
£400 million, over 9,000 employees, and a blue chip client base.



The Board is delighted that Tom has agreed to accept the position of Group Chief
Executive of Shanks, and we look forward to working with him.



During his 13 years as Group Chief Executive Michael has successfully overcome
many challenges, and he will be delivering to his successor a strong company,
which is well positioned to benefit from the rapid changes that are taking place
in the waste management sector.  The Board offers sincere thanks for his
leadership and contribution over the years and wishes him every success for the
future.



We confirm there is nothing to disclose in respect of Mr Drury pursuant to
Listing Rule 9.6.13 (2)-(6)





For further information contact:



Adrian Auer
Chairman
Shanks Group plc
Telephone [phone]



Or



Ginny Pulbrook
Citigate Dewe Rogerson
Telephone [phone]


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