Board Appointment

FDM Group PLC
02 November 2005


                                                                 2 November 2005

                     FDM Group Plc ("FDM" or the "Company")

                     Appointment of Non-Executive Director

The Board of FDM is pleased to announce the appointment of Karl Monaghan as
Non-Executive Director of the Company with effect from 1 November 2005.

Karl is a Chartered Accountant having trained with KPMG in Dublin. He has worked
in the corporate finance departments at a number of merchant banks and
stockbrokers, latterly at Credit Lyonnais Securities for eight years and Robert
W. Baird for two years until June 2002. He set up Ashling Capital LLP in
December 2002 to provide consultancy services to quoted and private companies.
Karl is also a Non-Executive Director of CareTech Holdings plc, a leading
provider of specialist residential care services for adults with a learning
disability.

Karl will chair the Company's audit committee and will be a member of the
Company's remuneration committee.

Rod Flavell, Chief Executive of FDM, commented:

"We are very pleased to have Karl join the Board of FDM. Karl brings with him a
wealth of experience and capital markets expertise from operating in the public
company arena. His input will be of great value to the Board and be highly
beneficial to FDM in the future."


For further information please contact:

Rod Flavell, Chief Executive Officer, FDM Group Plc Tel: [phone]

Nick Naylor, Noble & Company Limited Tel: [phone]

Tom Moriarty/Caroline Evans-Jones, ICIS Tel: [phone] or 07769937626


Appendix:

In accordance with Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules, the following information in
relation to the appointment of Karl Monaghan to the Board of FDM Group Plc is
disclosed:

Karl Upton Monaghan, aged 43, holds and has held within the five preceding years
the following directorships and partnerships:

Current directorships and partnerships:

Ashling Capital LLP
CareTech Holdings plc
CitiCourt & Co Limited

Past directorships and partnerships:

Harrogate Management Centre Limited (in administration)

Karl Monaghan was a director of Harrogate Management Centre Limited when it was
put into administration on 26 October 2004.

Save as set out above, there is no further information to be disclosed in
respect of Karl Monaghan under Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules.



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