Appointment of CFO

YouGov PLC
14 June 2005



14 June 2005


                      YouGov plc ('YouGov' of 'the Group')

                     Appointment of Chief Financial Officer


YouGov plc, one of the UK's leading market research and opinion polling
companies, today announces that Katherine Lee (ACA) has been appointed Chief
Financial Officer and member of the Board with effect from 25 July 2005. Jonson
Helps, currently Finance Director, will take on the role of Financial Controller
for the Group and will step down from the Board.


Katherine (age 31) joins from Grant Thornton UK LLP where she has been Senior
Manager in Transaction Services, Corporate Finance since November 2004.
Katherine previously worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Sydney and Leeds from
February 2000 until June 2003. Prior to working at PricewaterhouseCoopers
Katherine spent over four years at Coopers & Lybrand where she qualified as a
chartered accountant.


Commenting on the appointment Nadhim Zahawi, Joint Chief Executive of YouGov,
said:


'Katherine has the financial, strategic and people skills that the recently
listed Group requires as we grow the business both organically, by developing
new internet based market research techniques, and through selective
acquisitions.'



For further information please contact:
Nadhim Zahawi, Joint Chief Executive YouGov plc       020 7618 3010
John Llewellyn-Lloyd                                  020 7763 2200
David Ovens                                           0131 225 9677

Noble & Company Limited
Charles Palmer/Caroline Long                          020 7831 3113
Financial Dynamics



Additional information


In accordance with Schedule 2 (f) of the AIM Rules, the following information in
relation to the appointment of Katherine Anne Francis Lee to the board of YouGov
is disclosed:


Current directorships and partnerships:


None


Directorships and partnerships held in the past five years:


None


Save for the information disclosed above there is no other information falling
to be disclosed under Schedule 2(f) of the AIM Rules.






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