Appointment of Director

Personal Group Holdings PLC
27 April 2005

27 April 2005

                 Personal Group Holding plc ('Personal Group')

                            Appointment of Director

The Board of Personal Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Jonathan
Pardoe as an Executive Director, with immediate effect.

Jonathan Pardoe is the Chairman and Managing Director of Berkeley Morgan Group
Limited.   On 10 December 2004 it was announced that agreement had been reached
on the terms of a recommended cash offer by Personal Group Holdings Plc to
acquire the whole of the issued and to be issued share capital of Berkeley
Morgan Group.

In accordance with paragraph (f) of Schedule Two of the AIM Rules, the following
information in relation to Jonathan, as a new appointee to the Board of Personal
Group, is disclosed below:

Full name and age:

Jonathan Francis Pardoe, aged 42


Current directorships and partnerships:

Berkeley Morgan Limited
Universal Provident Limited
Berkeley Morgan Property Limited
Rapidinsure.co.uk Limited
BM Agency Services Limited
Summit Financial Solutions Limited
Summit Financial Holdings PLC
R.E. Gee & Company Limited
BM Trustees Limited
Berkeley Morgan Healthcare

Previous directorships and partnerships:

Connaught Group Limited
Cranfield & Moore Training & Compliance Limited
BMXchange Limited
Rapid Money Limited
Moneyhill Limited

Other than as detailed above there is no further information to be disclosed
pursuant to paragraph (f) of Schedule Two of the AIM Rules.

On Monday, 25 April 2005 Jonathan Pardoe purchased 35,000 Personal Group
Holdings Plc shares at £2.27 per share.

The Board report that all resolutions at yesterday's Annual General Meeting were
approved by the shareholders and that trading for the first quarter of 2005 is
in line with market expectations.


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For further information, please contact:

John Barber
Personal Group Holdings plc
[phone]


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