Directorate Change

Board Appointment

John Wood Group PLC ("Wood Group") announces the following board appointment.

Mary Shafer-Malicki will join Wood Group as a non-executive director on 1 June
2012 and will also join the Board's Nomination and Audit Committees.

Mary worked for Amoco and BP for 17 years, latterly a Senior Vice President and
CEO for BP Angola, with previous appointments in Vietnam, Aberdeen, Holland and
the USA, principally in upstream activities. She retired from BP in 2009 to
focus on her broader business, educational and charitable interests. She is
currently a non-executive director of McDermott International, Inc. and of
Ausenco Ltd and she is a member of industry councils at Oklahoma State
University and the University of Wyoming.

Welcoming her appointment, Sir Ian Wood, Chairman, said "We are delighted to
welcome Mary to the Board. Her in depth experience of the international oil &
gas upstream industry, her international knowledge and her location in the US,
will all be of great value to the Group".

There are no other details which require to be disclosed under the Listing
Rules LR 9.6.13. and Mary does not have any interest in the shares of Wood
Group.

Notification authorised by:

ROBBIE M B BROWN, COMPANY SECRETARY

Enquiries: Carolyn Smith, Corporate Communications Director - 01224 851099