Directorate Change

31 January 2013

Penna Consulting PLC

("Penna" or the "Company")

Directorate Changes

Penna Consulting plc (PNA:AIM), the international human resources consulting group, is pleased to announce the appointment of Miss Leslie Jane Ferrar, CVO FCA BSc (age 57) as non-executive director of the Company effective from 31 January 2013.

Leslie has extensive experience within the professional services sector having been a partner in KPMG's Human Capital Tax Practice for 17 years before becoming Treasurer to TRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall in 2005. 

Current positions include Audit Committee of HMRC, Director of Breakthrough Breast Cancer and of CAFOD ( the official Catholic aid agency for England and Wales). Previous directorships include Duchy Originals Limited and several in the not for profit sector. Full details of Leslie's current and past directorships in the past five years are set out below.

Mr. Stephen Rowlinson, chairman, said:

"We are delighted that Leslie is joining the Penna Board. She has long experience of professional services at a senior level and of both public and private sectors. We expect her to make a very valuable contribution to the Board and to the Company."

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Details of directorships that Leslie Ferrar current holds or has held in the previous five years, are given below:

Current directorships:

Breakthrough Breast Cancer

The Catholic Agency For Overseas Development

Westminster Roman Catholic Diocese Trustee (The)

Past directorships:

National Eczema Society

Prince of Wales Charitable Foundation

Dumfries Farming and Land Limited

Dumfries Estates (Pennyfadzeoch) Limited

Dumfries Estates (Orchardton) Limited

Dumfries Estates (Glenside) Limited

Dumfries House Trust Trading Limited

Duchy Originals Limited

Duchy Originals Foods Limited

Traditional Arts Limited

In Kind Direct

North Highland Initiative

PCF Social Enterprises Limited

A.G. Carrick Limited

Highgrove Enterprises Limited

Ecologica Transalvania

The Amiri Collection Limited

The British Asian Trust

The Prince's Charities Events Limited

The Great Steward of Scotland's Dumfries House Trust

The Morrisons Farm at Dumfries House Limited

On 5 August 2010, Amiri Collection Limited was voluntarily dissolved. On 24 January 2012, Dumfries Estates (Glenside) Limited and Dumfries Estates (Pennyfadzeoch) Limited were voluntarily dissolved. On 1 March 2012 Traditional Arts Limited was voluntarily dissolved. In all cases there were no creditors outstanding.

 Save for the declarations above there is no further information to be disclosed under Rule 17 or Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.