Change to Board of Directors

Tate & Lyle PLC
15 August 2000


Richard Delbridge appointed Non-Executive Director of Tate & Lyle

The Board of Tate & Lyle PLC announces that Richard Delbridge has been
appointed a Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 September 2000.  

Richard Delbridge was Group Chief Financial Officer and a main board director
of National Westminster Bank Plc ('NatWest') from October 1996 to April 2000. 
Prior to joining NatWest he was Group Finance Director of HSBC Holdings Plc. 
He was a board member of both HSBC Holdings Plc and Midland Bank Plc, having
joined Midland as Finance Director in December 1989. Previous employers
include J. P. Morgan/Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. and Arthur Andersen & Co. He
has lived and worked in both London and New York.

Sir David Lees, Chairman of Tate & Lyle, said, 'I am delighted to welcome
Richard Delbridge to the Board.  His international experience and financial
background will further strengthen the Board. We all look forward to working
closely with him.'


Richard Delbridge: Biographical Details

Richard Delbridge is 58 years old and is married with three children and lives
in London. He graduated from the London School of Economics with a BSc (Econ)
degree in 1963 and earned an MBA in 1968 from the University of California at
Berkeley. Mr Delbridge is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants,
a Member of the Financial Reporting Review Panel, a Board member of the City
Arts Trust and a Trustee of the Wordsworth Trust.

Mr. Delbridge joined Arthur Andersen & Co. in 1963, initially in the audit
division, and transferred to the management consultancy division in 1968.  He
became a partner in 1974.

He moved to Morgan Guaranty Trust Company in 1976 as a vice president based in
London.  He transferred to the company's main office in New York in 1979 and
in 1980 was appointed comptroller of J. P. Morgan & Co. and of its principal
subsidiary, Morgan Guaranty Trust Company.  He returned to London in 1985 to
assume the position of senior vice president and deputy general manager.  In
1987 he was appointed a managing director and the general manager of the
London offices.

Between October 1996 to April 2000, Richard Delbridge was Group Chief
Financial Officer and a main board director of National Westminster Bank Plc.
Prior to joining NatWest he was Group Finance Director of HSBC Holdings Plc. 
He was on the board of both HSBC Holdings Plc and Midland Bank Plc until
November 1995, having come to Midland as Finance Director in December 1989. He
was a Non-Executive Director of Eurotherm plc from May to September 1996 and
was appointed a Non-Executive Director of Egg Plc on 10 May 2000.

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