Change to Board of Directors

WPP Group PLC
18 May 2000



       WPP appoints Steven Heyer as non-executive director


WPP  Group plc ('WPP') announces the appointment of Steven  Heyer
to  its  Board with immediate effect.  He is President and  Chief
Operating  Officer  for  Turner  Broadcasting  System,  Inc.,   a
division of Time Warner.

At  Time Warner, Heyer has overall responsibility for all of  the
primary product development, rights acquisition, revenue and cost
streams  of  Turner  Broadcasting System  for  all  Turner  news,
entertainment  and  sports  operations  and  networks  worldwide.
Under  his leadership Turner has enjoyed 19 consecutive  quarters
of EBITA growth in excess of 20%.

In  his  six years with the company, he has led TBS's  sales  and
marketing, promotion, merchandising, licensing, direct marketing,
event/sponsorship, product placement, place-based media  and  new
media   initiatives  worldwide.   His  early  mandate  was,   and
continues  to  be, leveraging all Turner properties  companywide,
including all of Turner's entertainment and news networks   -  as
well  as  the  Atlanta Braves, the Atlanta  Hawks,  the   Atlanta
Thrashers, New Line Cinema, WCW, and Cartoon Network Studios - in
order  to  drive  sales and marketing revenues.  One  year  after
joining  the company, Heyer took on the additional responsibility
for  the  remainder of Turner's international operations in  Asia
and  Latin America, as well as worldwide distribution for all  of
Turner's networks.

Prior to joining Turner in 1994, Mr Heyer was President and Chief
Operating  Officer  of  Young  & Rubicam  Advertising  Worldwide,
Executive  Vice President Young & Rubicam Inc., a member  of  the
Executive Committee and a member of the Board of Directors.

Before  Y&R,  he spent 15 years at Booz, Allen & Hamilton,  Inc.,
where  he  was  Senior Vice President and managing  partner.   He
directed  the  firm's  Consumer Industries Group  which  provides
consulting   services  to  packaged  goods,  consumer   services,
communications   and  media,  retail  and  agribusiness   clients
worldwide.

Resident in Atlanta, Georgia, he is also chairman of the Board of
Directors of the Cable Advertising Bureau and a Director  of  the
Ad  Council in the US, as well as being on the Board of  Advisors
of eHatchery and RealEstate.com, two private internet start-ups.

For further information, please contact:

Feona  McEwan at WPP, UK                                       
++020 7408 2204

www.wpp.com