Appointment to the Board

Rank Group PLC
27 April 2004

27 April 2004
The Rank Group Plc

Appointment to the Board

The Rank Group Plc ('Rank') announces the appointment of Mr. Richard Greenhalgh
to the Board of Rank as a non-executive Director with effect from 1 July 2004.
Mr. Greenhalgh will also immediately become a member of Rank's Remuneration
Committee.

Mr. Greenhalgh, aged 59, is currently Chairman, Unilever UK, but will be
retiring from this position at the end of June 2004. He has held a number of
senior positions in a long international career with Unilever.

Alun Cathcart, Chairman of Rank, said 'My colleagues and I are delighted to
welcome Richard Greenhalgh as a member of the Rank Board. His extensive business
experience, and in particular his expertise in human resource issues, will
provide a valuable contribution to Rank's affairs and developments'.

Enquiries:

The Rank Group Plc 020 7535 8000
Alun Cathcart, Chairman
Charles Cormick, Company Secretary

Press enquiries:
The Maitland Consultancy 020 7379 5151
Suzanne Bartch

Notes for editors

Richard Greenhalgh was appointed Chairman of Unilever UK in 1998; a business
comprising several large companies and two research laboratories that
manufacture some of the UK's best known brands including Dove, Persil, Flora,
Knorr, Magnum and Cornetto and which between them generate an annual turnover of
approximately £2.5 billion.

He has worked for Unilever for over 30 years, largely in Human Resources,
including in Africa and Continental Europe and was previously Deputy Director of
Personnel for Unilever plc.

Outside of Unilever, Richard is Chairman of the National College for School
Leadership; Chairman of Templeton College Oxford; and President of the British
Quality Foundation.

He is also Chairman of the CBI Pensions Strategy Committee, a member of the UK
Governing Body of the International Chamber of Commerce, the CBI President's
Committee, a Trustee of the Council for Industry and Higher Education and on the
Board of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority.



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