Directorate Change

Intercede Group PLC
06 August 2002



                              INTERCEDE GROUP plc
                         ('Intercede' or 'the Company')

                      Appointment of Non-Executive Director


Intercede is pleased to announce that it has appointed Royston Hoggarth as a
non-executive director of the Company, with effect from 5 August 2002.

Royston Hoggarth, aged 40, is currently Group Marketing Director of Logica plc,
a position he has held since December 1997.  Mr Hoggarth is directly responsible
for the strategic development of Logica's business.  Royston has been
supervisory managing director for Mobile Networks and Consulting and now has
responsibility for Logica's businesses across Asia Pacific.

Prior to joining Logica, Mr Hoggarth spent 13 years working for IBM in a variety
of roles, culminating with the position of Managing Director of IBM's retail
products division worldwide, which had sales of approximately £750 million and
over 2,000 staff.

Richard Parris, Chairman and CEO of Intercede, commented:

'We are extremely pleased that Royston has agreed to join Intercede.  His
experience and knowledge of the IT industry are exceptional and, I feel sure,
will be of enormous value to us as we seek to grow the global sales channel for
our key security management product, edefice.'

                                                                   6 August 2002

ENQUIRIES:

Intercede Group plc                         Tel. [phone]
Richard Parris, Chairman & Chief Executive
Andrew Walker, Finance Director

College Hill                                Tel. [phone]
Archie Berens                               E-mail:[e-mail]
Clare Warren                                E-mail:[e-mail]




APPENDIX

The directorships held by Mr Hoggarth over the five years preceding the date of
this announcement other than in the Company are as follows:

Current Directorships                                 Past Directorships

Logica Pty Limited                                    Logica Consulting Limited
Logica New Zealand Limited                            Logica Consulting GmbH
Logica Private Limited                                Logica Consulting BV
Logica Global Solutions Private Limited               Logica Consulting NV
Logica Mobile Networks Limited                        Logica Mobile Networks Inc.
Logica Mobile Networks (Japan) Limited
Markport Limited



There are no other disclosures to be made pursuant to Schedule Two, paragraph
(f) of the AIM Rules.





NOTES FOR EDITORS

About Intercede

Intercede Group plc (IGP LN) (IGP.L) is a leading developer and supplier of
electronic identity management software. Intercede is one of only three quoted
security software companies on the London Stock Exchange following its admission
to the Alternative Investment Market in January 2001. Intercede's edefice(TM)
provides any organization with the tools required to quickly deploy, maintain
and manage smart cards, tokens, biometric and PKI technology. Intercede's
customers cover a range of industries and currently include Barclays Bank,
Lloyds TSB, the Department for Education and Skills, the NHS, Compaq and ICL.
For more information, visit Intercede's home page at http://
www.intercedegroup.com/ or call [phone].



About edefice(TM)

Intercede's edefice(TM) is powerful electronic identity management software
designed to enable secure, cost-effective and easy-to-deploy smart card, token,
biometric and PKI solutions ranging from logical and physical access to email
and transaction signing.

Edefice(TM) enabled security solutions allow end users to enjoy faster and more
secure smart card-based access to PCs, networks and buildings, while providing
administrators with an intuitive web-based electronic identity issuance and life
cycle management tool.

For more information, visit the edefice(TM) home page at http://www.edefice.com/
or call [phone].




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