Board Appointment

Parity Group PLC
29 August 2002


29 August 2002

                                Parity Group plc
                               Board Appointment


Parity Group plc ('Parity'), the IT services group, announces the appointment to
the Parity Board of John Maxwell as a Non-executive Director with immediate
effect.

John Maxwell, 57, is a Chartered Accountant by training and has extensive
experience on the Boards of UK listed companies.  His early career included
fifteen years at Rank Xerox plc where he filled a number of financial positions,
followed by three years with Grand Metropolitan plc of which he became Group
Financial Controller in 1985.  More recently, he was Group Chief Executive of
BPB Industries Plc and Executive Director, Corporate Development of the
Prudential Corporation plc after which he became Director General (Chief
Executive) of The Automobile Association until 2000, overseeing its
demutualisation and subsequent sale to Centrica.

John Maxwell is currently a Non-Executive Director of The Big Food Group plc
(formerly Iceland Group plc), Provident Financial plc and Wellington
Underwriting plc of which he is also Chairman.  In addition to these, Mr Maxwell
was a Non-Executive Director of Atlantic Telecom Group plc from 2000 to 2001.

Commenting on the appointment, Bill Cockburn, Chairman of Parity, said:

'We are delighted to welcome John to Parity.  John's wealth of experience on the
Boards of UK companies in a variety of sectors will further strengthen the
Parity Board and we look forward to working with him as we continue to drive the
company forward.'

The Company confirms that it is not aware of any further details requiring
disclosure under Listing Rule 16.4 in respect of the appointment of John
Maxwell.


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Enquiries

Bill Cockburn, Chairman
Parity Group plc                                          Tel: [phone]

Harriet Keen/Emma Rutherford
Financial Dynamics                                        Tel: [phone]




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