Directorate Change

ISG plc

Helen Cowing to be appointed CFO

14 January 2016

The Board of ISG plc ("ISG" or the "Group" or the "Company"), the international construction services group, announces that Helen Cowing will take up the role of Chief Financial Officer ("CFO") of ISG from 14 March 2016. She succeeds Jonathan Houlton who has been Group Finance Director for 9 years and has expressed his wish to resign from the Company. Jonathan will remain with the Company through the reporting of the half year results to facilitate an orderly handover to Helen. He is expected to leave the Company on 30 June 2016 and will stand down as a director of the Board on 14 March 2016.

Helen, 49, is a Chartered Management Accountant, a Fellow of the Institute of Directors, and has a MBA from the IMD business school in Lausanne. She has extensive experience across a number of industries and strong operational knowledge of multi-country businesses gained from her roles at Fritolay EMEA (PepsiCo) as Operations Planning Director, Novartis Medical Nutrition as Global Head of Business Planning, both based in Switzerland, and with APM Terminals B.V. as Global Head of Finance based in The Netherlands. She has also been involved with refinancing and acquisitions. In the past year Helen has been employed as CFO at American Golf, Europe's largest golf retailer. Prior to this she was CFO of Selecta, the European market leader in vending and CFO of Fat Face, the clothing retailer.

Roy Dantzic, ISG Chairman, said:

"I am delighted Helen is joining as our Chief Financial Officer and welcome her to ISG. She is a proven CFO with considerable operating experience of international businesses in growing markets. She brings to ISG a strong track record in financial management. I look forward to Helen making a significant contribution to the continued development of ISG in the coming months and years.

The Board would like to take this opportunity to express its sincere gratitude to Jonathan for his valuable contribution to the Group. During his tenure the Group has expanded significantly in both the UK and abroad."

Helen holds or has held directorships in the five years preceding her appointment at the Company as follows:

Current directorships

IEB Trading Limited

Previous directorships

Selecta N.V.

Selecta Holding GmbH

Selecta BV

Selecta Holding BV

AB Servicios Selecta Espana S.L.

Selecta Holding AB

Selecta Nordic Holding AB

Selecta Management AG

Selecta Purchasing AG

Selecta TMP AG

Selecta Holding Ltd

Selecta UK Ltd

FatFace Group plc

Fat Face Fulham Ltd

Fat Face Holdings Ltd

Fat Face Ltd

Fat Face Newco 1 Ltd

Fat Face Newco 2 Ltd

Fat Face World Borrowings Ltd

Fat Face World Investments Ltd

FatFace Group Borrowings Ltd

There are no other details to disclose under Schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules.

Enquiries:

ISG plc

Roy Dantzic, Chairman 020 7392 5250

David Lawther, Chief Executive Officer

Numis

Nominated Advisor: Michael Meade 020 7260 1000

Corporate Broking: Ben Stoop

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Matthew Smallwood 020 7457 2020

Helen Tarbet