Directorate Change

25 July 2007

                   ROLLS-ROYCE GROUP plc: BOARD APPOINTMENT                    

Rolls-Royce announced today the appointment of Helen Alexander CBE, as a
non-executive director with effect from 1 September 2007.

Announcing the appointment, Simon Robertson, Chairman of Rolls-Royce, said:
"Helen has extensive knowledge of international business and finance which will
be particularly valuable to Rolls-Royce. We are delighted that she will be
joining the Board as a non-executive director."

Helen Alexander is currently the Chief Executive of the Economist Group and a
non-executive director of Centrica plc.

There are no other details, which require disclosure under paragraph 9.6.13 (2)
to (6) of the Listing Rules.

Note to editors:

 1. Helen Alexander joined The Economist Group in 1984. She was Managing
    Director of The Economist Intelligence Unit from 1993 until the end of 1996
    and was appointed Chief Executive of The Economist Group in January 1997.
    She was awarded a CBE for services to publishing in 2004. She is also a
    non-executive director of Centrica plc, a former non-executive director of
    Northern Foods PLC and BT PLC, a governor of St Paul's Girls' School, an
    Honorary Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford and a Trustee of the Tate. She
    has an MBA from INSEAD.
   
 2. The current membership of the Rolls-Royce board is:
   
  * Simon Robertson (Chairman)
   
  * Sir John Rose (Chief Executive)
   
  * Peter Byrom (Non-executive director, Senior Independent
    Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee)
   
  * John Cheffins (Chief Operating Officer)
   
  * Iain Conn (Non-executive director)
   
  * Professor Peter Gregson (Non-executive director)
   
  * James Guyette (President and Chief Executive Officer of
    Rolls-Royce North America Inc.)
   
  * John Rishton (Non-executive director)
   
  * Andrew Shilston (Finance Director)
   
  * Colin Smith (Director - Engineering and Technology),
   
  * Ian Strachan (Non-executive director) and
   
  * Carl Symon (Non-executive director and Chairman of the
    Remuneration Committee).
   
 3. Rolls-Royce also formed a new International Advisory Board (IAB) in 2007 to
    advise the Group on emerging political, business and economic trends.
    Membership of the IAB is:
   
  * Lord Powell of Bayswater (Chairman) - UK
   
  * Bernard Duc - France
   
  * Sir Rod Eddington - Australia
   
  * Boris Fedorov - Russia
   
  * Dr Fan Gang - China
   
  * Carla Hills - USA
   
  * General Sir Mike Jackson - UK
   
  * Mustafa Koc - Turkey
   
  * Taizo Nishimuro - Japan
   
  * Lubna Olayan - Middle East
   
  * Eduardo Serra - Spain
   
  * Ratan Tata - India
   
  * Matthias Wissmann - Germany
   
  * Lee Hsien Yang - Singapore
   
  * Ernesto Zedillo - Mexico
   
Further information about the IAB members can be found on page 42 of the Annual
Report 2006.

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Mark Alflatt
Director - Financial Communications
Rolls-Royce
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