Directorate Change

Savills PLC
24 May 2004

                                                                     24 May 2004


              Appointment of Peter Smith as Non Executive Director

                             and Chairman Designate


Savills plc, the international property consultant, is pleased to announce the
appointment of Peter Smith (57) to the Board as a non executive director and
Chairman Designate.

Peter had a distinguished and dedicated career at Coopers & Lybrand, which
spanned 32 years and culminated in his appointment as Chairman in 1994 and
Senior Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in 1998. He served for two years
as Chairman of Coopers & Lybrand International and as a member of the global
leadership team of PwC.

Since retiring from his executive role in 2000, Peter has taken up non-executive
appointments at RAC Plc, where he is Chairman, N M Rothchild & Sons Limited, The
Equitable Life Assurance Society and Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust
plc.

Between 2002 and 2004 Peter also served as a non executive director of Safeway
PLC.

He is a Member of the Finance & General Purposes Committee of the Confederation
of British Industry (CBI) and a Member of the Global Corporate Advisory Council
of Harvard Business School.

There are no details that are required to be disclosed by paragraph 6.F.2(b) to
(g) of the Listing Rules.

It is intended that Peter will succeed Richard Jewson as Chairman who is due to
retire from Savills on 31 October 2004.

At this time Mr Jewson will have served nine years as Chairman of Savills. Over
this period Richard has made an invaluable contribution to Savills and the Board
wishes to thank him publicly for his unfailing commitment.

Richard Jewson, Chairman of Savills, commented:

'I am particularly pleased to welcome Peter Smith as a non executive Director
and Chairman Designate. Peter's strong background in a people business within
professional services will be of great benefit to Savills. This, combined with
his financial background, global management expertise and corporate governance
experience will greatly enhance the strength of our Board.

'It has been a privilege to chair the Company through nearly a decade of
successful growth. I will continue in the role for the next few months, which
will allow Peter to settle in as a non executive Director and I am delighted
that he will be succeeding me as Chairman of Savills in due course.'

Commenting on his appointment Peter Smith said:

'I have followed with interest the development of Savills over several years. In
particular, I have been most impressed by the professional reputation Savills
holds within its industry and the financial performance it has achieved as
evidenced, most recently, in a sound set of results for 2003. I am greatly
looking forward to joining the Savills' team as a non executive Director and to
overseeing the continuing successful growth of the Group when I assume the role
of Chairman from Richard later this year.'

For further information, please contact:

Savills 020 7409 9923
Aubrey Adams

Grandfield 020 7417 4170
Marc Popiolek

Notes to editors

Savills plc is a leading international property services company with a full
listing on the London Stock Exchange. The company has undergone dynamic growth
in recent years establishing itself as a powerful player on the international
stage with offices and associates throughout the UK, Europe, Asia Pacific and
Africa. In addition, Savills' strategic alliance with a top US full service real
estate advisory company, Trammell Crow Company, in North America, means that
clients have access to a network of offices in the US and Canada.

FPDSavills is the trading name for the property service subsidiaries of Savills
plc which advise on commercial, rural, residential and leisure properties. Other
services include corporate finance advice, property and venture capital funding
and a range of property related financial services.




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