Senior Executive Appointment

Evolution Group PLC
12 April 2006




             EVOLUTION APPOINTS CEO OF INVESTMENT BANKING DIVISION


Evolution Group Plc ("Evolution") is pleased to announce the appointment of
Andrew Umbers as Chief Executive Officer of Evolution Securities Limited. In his
new role he will report to Alex Snow, Evolution's Group Chief Executive Officer.

Aged 41, Andrew Umbers has spent 20 years working in UK equity markets,
principally with Credit Suisse since its acquisition of BZW, which he joined in
1990. He was appointed a Managing Director of Credit Suisse Equities in 2000,
and in 2005 he joined Credit Suisse's global hedge fund, Modal Capital.

Alex Snow said, "I have worked with Andrew at Credit Suisse and BZW and believe
that his knowledge, expertise and investment banking experience will be
immensely valuable in driving Evolution Securities' performance to new levels
during its next stage of development."

Andrew Umbers said, "Taking Evolution Securities on to the next stage of its
growth as one of the UK's leading independent investment banks is going to be
both exciting and challenging, and it is this challenge that has attracted me to
join the Evolution team."

Martin Gray, Evolution Group's non-executive Chairman said, "I am delighted that
Andrew is joining Evolution Securities in this very important senior executive
role. He brings significant expertise and proven management experience. This
appointment further strengthens the Group's senior management team."


                                      ENDS

Enquiries:

The Evolution Group Plc                      020 7071 4300
Alex Snow, Chief Executive
Graeme Dell, Finance Director

Bell Pottinger Corporate & Financial         020 7861 3232
Charles Cook
Sarah Landgrebe

Notes to Editors:

The Evolution Group Plc

The Evolution Group is the holding company of Evolution Securities Limited,
Christows Limited and Evolution Securities China Limited. Founded in April 2001
and originally listed on the AIM, the Evolution Group joined the Official List
in 2003 and now has a market capitalisation of over £399 million.

Evolution Securities Limited aims to be the leading investment bank advising
small and mid-cap UK public companies. It has approximately 100 retained
corporate clients, to whom it provides equity research, institutional sales and
trading, market making and corporate finance advice. Evolution Securities
Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. In
addition, it operates a US broker-dealer, Evolution Securities (US) Inc., which
is registered with the National Association of Securities Dealers and regulated
by the Securities Exchange Commission through which it brings US institutional
investors access to its UK based corporate clients.




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