Alan Bates Resigns as Chairman

Corporate Executive Search Intl PLC
11 November 1999


The Directors of Corporate Executive Search International Plc (the 'Company')
announce that Mr Alan Bates has resigned as Chairman of the Company with
effect from 10 November 1999.  Mr Bates has held the post of Chairman since
prior to the Admission of the Company to AiM and has helped it through
difficult times.  The Directors acknowledge and thank Mr Bates for his
contribution to solving these problems and wish him well in his future
business activities.

The Directors of the Company are pleased to announce that, with effect from
today, Mr David John Bailey (Non-Executive Director of Hay & Robertson plc and
a number of other private companies) has been appointed Non-Executive Chairman
with effect from 11 November 1999.

The Company continues to perform to plan and the new Board is looking forward
to taking the Company through its next phase of growth.  Mr Bailey's wealth of
experience will be invaluable to the Company at this very important stage in
its development.

Mr Bailey does not have any unspent convictions in relation to indictable
offences, has not been declared bankrupt nor made any voluntary arrangements
with his creditors.  Nor has he been a director of any company, or a partner
in any partnership which, during his time as a director, or, within 12 months
following his resignation as a director, has gone into receivership,
liquidation, administration, or any composition or voluntary arrangement with
its creditors, save as listed below.  He has not been subject to any public
criticisms by any statutory or regulatory bodies or been disqualified by a
court from acting as a director of a company or in the management or affairs
of any company.

Mr Bailey, aged fifty, has held or is currently a Director of several other
companies as are listed below:

Greenham Common Trust Limited
Appleyard Group plc (resigned December 1997)
Hay & Robertson plc
Sutherlands (Holdings) Limited
Finsbury Asset Management Limited (resigned April 1999)
Finsbury Finance Limited (resigned April 1999)
Pinstripe Productions Limited
Woodsspeen Investment Management Limited 
Electrical Consumer Sales Limited
Business Management Software Limited (resigned October 1997)
Shared Equity Enterprises Limited
Cromwell Court No.1 plc
Cromwell Court Assured Tenancy 03 plc
Finapps Limited
Finapps International Limited
Jaygate Limited (resigned March 1993)
David Bailey Enterprises Limited
Capital Furniture Group Limited - non-executive Director (resigned March 1993)
On The Tiles Limited - non-executive Director (resigned  March 1993)
Wholesale Stock Limited (Resigned 1994)
Capital Publishing Limited (receivership - dissolved)
Custom Kitchens Limited - non-executive Director (voluntary liquidation -
dissolved July 1993)
Anglo Scandinavian Investment Trust plc (solvent liquidation - dissolved)
ASIT Dealings Limited (solvent liquidation - dissolved)