Re Directorate

LPA Group PLC
4 December 2000

                                LPA Group Plc

                                                             4th December 2000

                        Appointment of Finance Director

LPA Group Plc ('LPA' or 'Group'), the Essex based specialist electrical and
electronics group, is pleased to announce the appointment of

Stephen Brett B.Sc., MBA, ACA, as Group Finance Director and Secretary.

Steve (44), who joins the Group today, qualified as a Chartered Accountant
with Ernst & Whinney in 1982 having graduated with honours from University
College London.

Steve joined the head office of BTR plc in 1983, and following a seventeen
year career with BTR and its successor Invensys Plc, he was most recently Vice
President Finance of Invensys Environmental Control a division employing 1300
people with worldwide sales of £100m. He joins LPA having successfully
divested Invensys of that business.

The previous Finance Director, Sheena Trueman, will leave the board but remain
as Finance Director of LPA Industries Limited.

Commenting on the appointment Peter Pollock, Chief Executive of LPA Group
said:

'We are delighted that Steve Brett is to join the Board of LPA Group as
Finance Director. He brings the experience and professionalism necessary for
us to fully exploit the potential of the Group, as enlarged by this year's
acquisitions, and our future growth both organic and through acquisitions.'

Enquiries
Peter Pollock Chief Executive                                 01799 512800
Ian Dighe     Bridgewell Corporate Finance Limited            020 7626 3322