Re: CFO Appointment

EcoSecurities Group plc
17 January 2008


                James Thompson commences role as EcoSecurities'

                            Chief Financial Officer


Dublin, 17 January, 2007: EcoSecurities, a leading company in the business of
sourcing, developing and trading carbon credits from greenhouse gas emission
reduction projects, is pleased to announce that, further to the announcement of
7 December 2007, James Thompson has now taken up his position as Chief Financial
Officer (CFO), as of 13 January 2008.

James Thompson, formerly CFO of Greenergy International Ltd., replaces Jack
MacDonald, who has now commenced his new role as Director of Corporate
Development.

Pedro Moura Costa, President, commented, "We are very excited that James has
joined the EcoSecurities team. His relevant experience and expertise will be
invaluable in helping the company fulfill its strategic objectives for 2008 and
in the long-term".


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For further information please contact:


EcoSecurities Group plc
Jill Barker                                           [phone]


Citigate Dewe Rogerson                                [phone]
Kevin Smith / Ged Brumby



Editor's Notes:


About EcoSecurities:


EcoSecurities is one of the world's leading companies in the business of
sourcing, developing and trading carbon credits. EcoSecurities structures and
guides greenhouse gas emission reduction projects through the Kyoto Protocol,
working with both project developers and buyers of carbon credits.

EcoSecurities works with companies in developing and industrialising countries
to create carbon credits from projects that reduce emissions of greenhouse
gases. EcoSecurities has experience with projects in the areas of renewable
energy, agriculture and urban waste management, industrial efficiency, and
forestry. With a network of offices and representatives in 36 countries on five
continents, EcoSecurities has amassed one of the industry's largest and most
diversified portfolios of carbon projects.

EcoSecurities also works with companies in the developed world to assist them in
meeting their greenhouse gas emission compliance targets. Utilising its highly
diversified carbon credit portfolio, EcoSecurities is able to structure carbon
credit transactions to fit compliance buyers' needs, and has executed
transactions with both private and public sector buyers in Europe, North America
and Japan.

Working at the forefront of carbon market development, EcoSecurities has been
involved in the development of many of the global carbon market's most important
milestones, including developing the world's first CDM project to be registered
under the Kyoto Protocol. EcoSecurities Global Consulting Services has been at
the forefront of all significant policy and scientific developments in this
field.  EcoSecurities has been voted 'Best Advisory Firm - Kyoto Project
Credits' over the last seven years by reader surveys conducted by Environmental
Finance magazine.


EcoSecurities Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange AIM (ticker ECO).
  Additional information is available at www.ecosecurities.com.




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