Board Appointments

Centrica PLC
20 November 2000


Centrica plc Board Appointments

Further to our announcement of 19 September 2000, we confirm that Phillip
Bentley assumed his position as Group Finance Director of Centrica plc with
effect from today, and that Mark Clare has taken up his new position as Deputy
Chief Executive of Centrica plc.


For further information please contact:

Tess Kershaw, Group Head of Media Relations       01753 758444
Chris Milburn, Head of Investor Relations         01753 758114


Notes:

Phillip Bentley, 41, was Finance Director of UDV from June 1999 and was most
recently Finance Director of Guinness-UDV. Prior to that, he was Group
Treasurer and Director of Risk Management of Diageo plc from 1997, and
Group Treasurer of Grand Metropolitan plc from 1995. Phillip was previously at
BP, where he spent 15 years in senior financial roles both in the UK and
overseas.

Phillip Bentley has not held the position of director of another publicly
quoted company in the last 5 years, and there are no disclosures to be made
under 6.F.2(b) to (g) of the Listing Rules.

Mark Clare, 43, joined the former British Gas plc as Group Financial
Controller in March 1994 and was appointed Finance Director, Centrica plc in
February 1997.