Directorate Change

WPP Group PLC
01 April 2005




FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                               1 April 2005





                         ANNOUNCEMENT OF BOARD CHANGES


                             WPP GROUP plc ("WPP")



WPP announces that Mr Mark Read, WPP's Director of Strategy, has been appointed
to the board of the Company.  Since taking on the global role of Director of
Strategy at the Company in 2002, Mr Read has contributed significantly to
developing WPP's strategy, strengthening relationships with major clients and
co-ordinating the activities of WPP operating companies.



Mr Read worked at WPP between 1989 and 1995 in both parent company and operating
company roles.



Prior to rejoining WPP in 2002, Mr Read was a Principal at the consultancy firm
of Booz-Allen & Hamilton.  He subsequently founded and developed the company
WebRewards in the UK prior to its acquisition by Bertelsmann AG.



Mr Read has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University, was a Henry Fellow
at Harvard University and has an MBA from INSEAD.



Ms Beth Axelrod has retired from the board of the Company.





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