Director/PDMR Shareholding

John Wood Group PLC ("Company")

The Company has been informed that on 10 November 2006 the Trustees of the John
Wood Group PLC Employee Share Trust ("EST") sold 3,451,714 ordinary shares in
the capital of the Company at £2.345 per share, being 0.668% of the share
capital of the Company to the Trustees of the John Wood Group PLC US Employee
Share Trust ("US EST").

Such shares were sold to the US EST in order to satisfy obligations arising
from share options granted to the Company's US employees under The John Wood
Group PLC 2002 (No 1) Executive Share Option Scheme, The John Wood Group PLC
2002 (No 2) Executive Share Option Scheme, The John Wood Group PLC
(No 1) 2003 Long Term Retention Plan and The John Wood Group PLC
(No 2) 2003 Long Term Retention Plan.

Following this transaction:

  * the EST holds a total of 15,697,566 ordinary shares representing 3.038% of
    the share capital of the Company; and
   
  * the US EST holds a total of 4,902,463 ordinary shares representing 0.9489%
    of the share capital of the Company.
   
The class of discretionary beneficiaries for whom the EST and US EST hold such
shares consists of employees of the Company, including the following executive
directors of the Company: Allister G Langlands, Wendell R Brooks, Alan G
Semple, Trevor M Noble, Leslie J Thomas and Mark H Papworth. Each of such
directors is accordingly deemed to be beneficially interested in the shares.

The transactions noted above do not involve any of the named executive
directors or any persons discharging managerial responsibility.

Name of authorised company official responsible for making this notification.


IAN JOHNSON, COMPANY SECRETARY.