Directorate Change

Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC
15 January 2008





15 January 2008


                          ARBUTHNOT BANKING GROUP PLC

                     APPOINTMENT OF NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR



Arbuthnot Banking Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Sir Michael
Peat to the Board as a Non-Executive Director as from 15 January, 2008.

Save as disclosed in the attached schedule there are no additional disclosures
to be made in accordance with paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM rules.




Enquiries:

Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC

Henry Angest, Chairman and Chief Executive              Tel: [phone]
Andrew Salmon, Chief Operating Officer



                                    SCHEDULE

                     Directorships held in the last 5 years


Sir Michael Charles Gerrard Peat, KCVO, aged 58, is currently a director of the
following companies listed below:


Company Name                                                Appointment date

Duchy Originals Limited                                     20 Feb 1998
Golden Jubilee Events Limited                               26 Jul 2001
The Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Trust                 27 Jul 2001
A.G. Carrick Limited                                        09 Aug 2002
Duchy Originals Foods Limited                               12 Oct 2005
The Great Steward of Scotland's Dumfries House Trust        02 Oct 2007
Dumfries House Trust Trading Limited                        09 Nov 2007
Dumfries Farming & Land Limited                             22 Nov 2007
Dumfries Estate (Glenside) Limited                          28 Nov 2007
Dumfries Estate (Orchardton) Limited                        28 Nov 2007
Dumfries Estate (Pennyfadzeoch) Limited.                    28 Nov 2007


In the last 5 years, Sir Michael Peat has previously been a director of the
companies listed below:

Company Name                               Appointment date   Resignation date

The Prince's Foundation                    28 Aug 2002        31 Mar 2004
The Prince's School of Traditional Arts    20 Nov 2003        03 Sep 2004
The Prince's Foundation for Integrated     21 Jul 2004        16 Nov 2006
Health
Traditional Arts Limited                   25 Mar 2006        15 Oct 2007





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