Directorate Change

Alliance Trust PLC

Alliance Trust PLC today announces that it has appointed Robert Burgess (aged
44) to the Board as an executive director with immediate effect. Robert Burgess
joined Alliance Trust as Managing Director of its wholly-owned subsidiary,
Alliance Trust Savings, in February 2009. He will become Chief Executive of
that business and will continue to lead its development.

Before joining Alliance Trust, Robert Burgess held senior banking roles within
the Lloyds TSB group, managing the retail and business banking sectors as an
executive director of Lloyds TSB Scotland and subsequently as regional director
for its retail banking business in London and the South East. Between these
roles he was Strategic Future Business Programme Director for Lloyds TSB's
subsidiary, Scottish Widows. More recently he was Executive Director, Sales and
Distribution, for Thomas Cook UK.

Lesley Knox, Chairman of Alliance Trust PLC, said:

"I am delighted to welcome Robert Burgess to the Board of Alliance Trust PLC.
As Managing Director of Alliance Trust Savings he has demonstrated outstanding
leadership and a commitment to the development of that business, and I look
forward to the broader perspective he will bring to the Board as an executive
director."

There are no matters requiring disclosure under Listing Rule 9.6.13.

Contacts:

Jane Holligan, Communications Manager Alliance Trust Tel [phone]

Conor McLafferty/Clare Dundas Finsbury Group Tel [phone]