Directorate Change

Rathbone Brothers PLC
06 July 2004


Rathbone Brothers Plc
Directorate Change

Rathbone Brothers Plc, the listed investment management company, today announced
that Sue Desborough, currently Group Financial Controller, will become Finance
Director of the Group with effect from 1 October 2004.

Sue succeeds Andy Pomfret, who becomes Chief Executive of Rathbones on 1 October
2004 following the retirement of Roy Morris on that date.

Mark Powell, Chairman, commented: 'As a result of an extensive search conducted
for us by one of the top executive search companies, we concluded that the best
candidate for the job was in fact an internal one. Sue Desborough has made a
significant contribution since joining the company, has an extremely strong
grasp of the business fundamentals and will, the Board is confident, make an
excellent contribution in this role going forward.'

Sue Desborough, 44, joined Rathbones in November 2000 from Kleinwort Benson
where she was Head of Financial and Regulatory Reporting. She qualified as a
Chartered Accountant with Deloitte Haskins & Sells.

There is no information requiring disclosure under paragraph 16.4 of the UKLA
Listing Rules.

Ends

For further information, please contact:
Mark Powell, Chairman, Rathbone Brothers Plc                       020 7399 0000
Andy Pomfret, Finance Director, Rathbone Brothers Plc              020 7399 0000

Andrew Sharkey, Luther Pendragon                                   020 7618 9100

6 July 2004



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