Change to Board of Directors

Ricardo PLC
3 July 2000

                     RICARDO ANNOUNCES A BOARD APPOINTMENT
                                       
Ricardo  plc, the UK's leading independent automotive engineering consultancy,
announces  that Professor JP (Ian) Percy CBE, LLD, CA will take up  his  board
appointment  as a non-executive director on 1 July 2000.  He will  assume  the
role of Chairman of the Audit Committee on 3 November 2000.

Ian  Percy,  who  is 58 years old, is Chairman of the Accounts Commission  for
Scotland  and  Audit  Scotland  and  Deputy  Chairman  of  Scottish  Provident
Institution.   During  the  last five years he  has  held  (and  still  holds)
directorships  in two publicly quoted companies, Kiln plc and the  Weir  Group
plc. He was previously Grant Thornton's Senior Partner of London and Scotland,
President  of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.   His  other
appointments  include  being a non executive director of  Deutsche  (Scotland)
Limited,  a  member of the Companies House Steering Board, the Scottish  Legal
Aid  Board  and  Vice  Chairman of the UK Auditing  Practices  Board.   He  is
Honorary Professor of Accounting at Aberdeen University.  Professor Percy  has
no details that are required to be disclosed under section 6.F.2 (b) to (g).

Enquiries:

Ricardo plc                                  Tel: [phone]
Rodney Westhead, Chief Executive

Gavin Anderson & Co                     Tel: [phone]
Laura Hickman / Charlotte Stone

Ricardo website:  www.ricardo.com