Appointment

WPP Group PLC
08 August 2007


For Immediate Release                                             8 August 2007


                             WPP GROUP PLC ("WPP")

          WPP appoints Timothy Shriver, Chairman of Special Olympics,
                           as non-executive director


WPP announces the appointment of Timothy Shriver, Chairman of Special Olympics,
as a non-executive director with immediate effect.  Mr Shriver, aged 47, is a
distinguished educator, social champion and a successful Hollywood film and
television producer.


Since 1996, Mr Shriver has led Special Olympics, a global organisation founded
in 1968 by his mother, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, which provides sports training
and athletic competition for people with intellectual disabilities. The
organisation supports 2.5 million athletes and their families in more than 160
countries.


Mr Shriver has also incorporated the power of the entertainment industry to
advance the Special Olympics movement. He co-produced DreamWorks Studios' movie,
Amistad and Disney Studios' The Loretta Claiborne Story.


He currently serves on the Board of the Education Commission of the United
States Compact for Learning and Citizenship, chairs the Board of the
Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning and is a member of the
Council on Foreign Relations and a regular participant in the World Economic
Forum.


Mr Shriver earned his undergraduate degree from Yale University, a Master's
degree in Religion and Religious Education from Catholic University and a
Doctorate in Education from the University of Connecticut.


Contact:

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