Directorate Change

Brown (N.) Group PLC
11 April 2002



11th April 2002





N BROWN ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF NEW CEO


N Brown Group, the Manchester-based home shopping company, is pleased to
announce  that Alan White, currently Group Finance Director of Littlewoods plc,
is to return to N Brown Group as Chief Executive. This follows the decision by
Jim Martin, who has been Chief Executive of the company for the past 18 years,
to retire from the role later this year.

Alan White, aged 46, was the Group Finance Director of N Brown from 1985 to 1999
and worked very closely with Jim Martin and N Brown's successful home shopping
team.  Jim Martin, aged 59, will become Deputy Chairman when Alan joins, at a
future date to be agreed.


Sir David Alliance, Chairman of N Brown, said:  ' Management has always been the
core strength of N Brown Group, and Alan was a key member of the team for 14
years.  The Board is delighted to welcome him back in his new role as Chief
Executive.  I am also delighted that Jim Martin has agreed to become Deputy
Chairman, continuing the excellent working relationship he previously formed
with Alan. Jim moves on from the CEO role, with the business in excellent
health.



'I believe the continuity of management offered by Alan White, supported by Jim
and the rest of the company's management, provides stakeholders with an
excellent team going forward.'



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NOTES TO EDITORS



Alan White - Biography



Mr White joined Littlewoods plc in June 1999 as Group Finance Director,
overseeing significant corporate developments during this time. He has also
recently been a non-executive director of JD Sports PLC (from September 1996 to
September 2001).



Prior to joining Littlewoods, Mr White worked for N Brown Group between 1985 -
1999, where he was Group Finance Director. Before this he was General Manager of
Finance at Sharp Electronics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sharp Corp. of Japan.
He is a qualified chartered accountant and a law graduate from Warwick
University.



Alan is 46 and is married with two children and lives in Wilmslow, Cheshire.









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