Directorate Change

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
23 August 2004



        BOARD CHANGES AT THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP PLC

        The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc announces that Mr Norman McLuskie,
        executive director of the Group Board and Chairman of Retail Direct
        Division retires today on his sixtieth birthday.

        Mr McLuskie joined the Group in 1982 and was appointed to the Group
        Board in 1992. He will continue as non-executive Chairman of Retail
        Direct and as a non-executive director of RBS Insurance and Tesco
        Personal Finance in addition to representing the Group on the boards of
        Mastercard International and Mastercard Europe, of which he is Chairman.

        Commenting on Mr McLuskie's retirement, Sir George Mathewson, Chairman
        of the Group said,

        'I would like to thank Norman McLuskie for his outstanding service to
        the Group Board over the last 12 years and am pleased that we will
        continue to have the benefit of his contribution in his various
        non-executive roles'.

        23 August 2004



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