Directorate Change

2 August 2010

Cyril Sweett Group plc

("Cyril Sweett" or "the Group")

Appointment of Non-Executive Director

Cyril Sweett, the international construction and property consultancy, is pleased to announce the appointment of Jeffrey Lindsey Hewitt to the Board as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect.

Jeff, 62, is a chartered accountant and has substantial experience as a director of listed companies, latterly in non-executive roles. After an executive career with Electrocomponents Plc, Coats Viyella Plc and Unitech Plc, Jeff has held a number of non-executive appointments and chaired board committees and meetings of pension scheme trustees. He holds an Oxford MA in Chemistry and an MBA emphasising Finance and Marketing from Stanford, California.

His current appointments are with Cookson Group Plc (as Director and Chairman of Audit Committee), Regenersis plc (as Chairman and as Chairman of Audit and Nomination Committees), John Lewis Partnership (as external Chairman of Audit and Risk Committee), ZincOx Resources plc (as Deputy Chairman and Chairman of Audit Committee), Cenkos Securities plc (as a Director and Chairman of Audit Committee) and Electrocomponents Plc (as Chairman of UK Pension Fund Trustees Board).

Jeff has been involved in corporate transactions which have delivered significant shareholder value in businesses as diverse as Unitech Plc, Whatman plc and TDG Plc.

Commenting on his appointment, Jeff Hewitt said:

"I am delighted to be joining Cyril Sweett and its focussed management team at this interesting stage in the Group's development. It is a robust business, with exciting expansion plans in place, and I look forward to helping drive forward the potential in the Group's overseas growth strategy."

Commenting on the appointment, Francis Ives, Chairman of Cyril Sweett, said:

"Jeff's background and business expertise will be invaluable to Cyril Sweett's Board as we continue to develop our business strategy and grow our brand internationally."

The following disclosures are made in accordance with the AIM rules:

The directorships held by Jeff Hewitt now and over the five years preceding the date of appointment are as follows:

Directorships - current

Cenkos Securities Plc

Cookson Group plc

Electro Components Pension Trustees Limited

Regenersis Plc

Rewley Park Management Company Limited

ZincOx Resources Plc

Other - current

Chairman of Audit and Risk Committee of John Lewis Partnership

Directorships held in the past 5 years

Dialight Plc

Electro Lighting Group Limited

Electro-Leasing Limited

Electromail Limited

Electrocomponents US Finance Limited

Electrocomponents Overseas Limited

Electrocomponents U.K. Limited

Electrocomponents Finance Limited

Electrocomponents Public Limited Company

Electroplan Limited

RS Limited

RS Components Limited

RS Components Holdings Limited

RS Components International Limited

RS Supplies Limited

Radiospares Limited

Reading Windings Limited

TDG Limited

Technetix Group Limited

Whatman Limited

Dissolved directorships held in the past 5 years

Ambergate Test Laboratories Limited

Bright Ideas (Lighting) Limited

Contrast Lighting Limited

Distributing Excellence Limited

Electro Limited

Electro Franchised Components Limited

Electrospares Limited

Electrospeed Limited

Hopson Bridgers Limited

Isotech Industries Limited

Kabaka Limited

Lab Safety Limited

Lapyon Limited

Pact International Limited

Plasmon Plc

OPS Limited

Outsources Procurement Services Limited

Radio Resistor Company Limited

Rapid Supplies Limited

Rapid Supply Limited

RS Couriers Limited

RS Electrospeed Limited

RS Fast Limited

RS Mechanical Limited

RS Quoteline Limited

RS Searchline Limited

RS Servicecentre Limited

RS Servicepoint Limites

RS Technical Services Limited

Wellco Electric Limited

As at the date of this announcement, Mr Hewitt has no interests in the capital of the Company.

There are no other matters to be announced as required under paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules.

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