Directorate Change

Tesco PLC
14 December 2006


                   NEW APPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD OF TESCO PLC


Lucy Neville-Rolfe (53), has today been appointed as Executive Director
(Corporate & Legal Affairs) to the Board of Tesco Plc.

Tesco Chairman, David Reid, said

'I am delighted that Lucy is joining the Board. Her wide experience at home and
internationally and her record at Tesco over the last 9 years, show that she
will provide a major contribution to the success of the group.'

Jonathan Lloyd (40), Deputy Company Secretary, will today succeed Lucy as
Company Secretary.

Both appointments will take effect immediately.


Notes for Editors

Lucy Neville-Rolfe, CMG, joined Tesco as Group Director of Corporate Affairs in
1997 and since 15 March 2004 has also been Company Secretary. Before that she
was a member of the Senior Civil Service in 10 Downing Street, the Cabinet
Office and other departments. She has served as a Non-Executive Director on the
Board of the Foreign Office. Current appointments include: Deputy Chairman of
the British Retail Consortium and Vice President of Eurocommerce and membership
of the China Britain Business Council, the CBI Economics Committee and the ESRC
Panel on Cultures of Consumption.

Lucy has an MA from Oxford University and is an Honorary Fellow of Somerville
College, Oxford. She is married with four sons.

Jonathan Lloyd, a solicitor, joined Tesco from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as
Deputy Company Secretary in April 2005. Jonathan has an MA from Cambridge
University and is married with three sons.


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