Prudential plc Board Changes

Prudential PLC
18 March 2004

Thursday 18 March 2004

PRUDENTIAL PLC BOARD CHANGES

Prudential plc ('Prudential') announced today the appointment of James Ross as a
non-executive director with effect from 6 May 2004, following the conclusion of
its Annual General Meeting.

Mr Ross (65) is Deputy Chairman of National Grid Transco and holds non-executive
directorships with McGraw Hill and Datacard in the United States and Schneider
Electric in France.

At the same time, Sandy Stewart will retire from Prudential's Board. Mr Stewart
(70) has served as a non-executive director with Prudential since 1997.

David Clementi, Chairman of Prudential, said: 'On behalf of the Board, I would
like to thank Sandy for the contribution he has made to Prudential and wish him
well in his retirement. At the same time I am pleased to welcome James Ross to
the Board and look forward to working with him.'

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Enquires to:

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Notes to Editors:

James Ross is Deputy Chairman of National Grid Transco and holds non-executive
directorships with McGraw Hill and Datacard in the United States and Schneider
Electric in France. He is also Chairman of the Leadership Foundation for Higher
Education.

Mr Ross has spent most of his career working for the BP Group, which he joined
in 1962. He left in 1992 after four years as President and Chief Executive of BP
America Inc and as a Managing Director of the British Petroleum Co plc. More
recently, he has been Chief Executive of Cable and Wireless plc (1992-1995),
Chairman of the Littlewoods Organisation (1996-2002) and Chairman of National
Grid plc (1999-2002).

He graduated from Oxford University with an honours degree in Modern History and
has a diploma (with distinction) in Advanced Studies in Business Management from
Manchester Business School.


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