Board Appointment

2 December 2010

Consort Medical plc

Board Appointment

Consort Medical plc (the 'Company') is pleased to announce the appointment of Nick Higgins to the board of Consort as an Executive Director (Corporate Development Director) with effect from 1 January 2011.

Nick joined Consort as Director of Corporate Development in January 2010. He joined the Company from Intercytex Group plc where he was Chief Executive Officer from 2005 to 2009. Prior to that he was Chief Business Officer of Acambis plc, a vaccines specialist, where he worked for 11 years.

Nick is currently a director of Regenerative Medicine Assets Limited (formerly Intercytex Group plc).

He currently has the following interests in Consort's ordinary shares:

Consort confirms that there are no further disclosures to be made under Rule 9.6.13 of the Listing Rules.

Peter Fellner, Chairman of Consort Medical plc said: We are delighted to announce the appointment of Nick to the board. His operational and strategic knowledge of Consort and the markets in which we operate will allow him to contribute at board level to the future strategic development of the Company."

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Consort Medical plc

Consort Medical plc is a leader in medical devices for inhaled drug delivery and anaesthesia. The Group develops drug delivery systems for the pharmaceutical industry and disposable airway management products for critical care settings in hospitals.

Consort Medical develops and manufactures metered dose inhaler valves, actuators, compliance aids, dry powder devices, disposable facemasks, breathing circuits and laryngeal tubes. The Group has facilities in King's Lynn, Sheffield and Hemel Hempstead in the UK, Indianapolis, Indiana and Kent, Ohio in the US, and Mumbai, India. Consort Medical is a public company quoted on the full list of the London Stock Exchange (LSE: CSRT).