RNS Number:4850I
Singer & Friedlander Group PLC
10 March 2003


Singer Friedlander Group PLC

Appointment of Non-Executive Director

The Board of Singer & Friedlander Group PLC is pleased to announce the
appointment of Mr Richard Bernays as an independent non-executive director of
the Company with effect from 10th March 2003.

Mr Bernays has over thirty years of experience in the financial services
industry. He spent 21 years at Mercury Asset Management and was vice chairman
from 1987 to 1992. From 1992 to 1996 he was chief executive of the Hill Samuel
Asset Management Group. During 1996 he was deputy chairman of Jupiter Asset
Management. From 1998 to 2001 he was chief executive of Capel-Cure Sharp and was
deputy chairman of Old Mutual Financial Services (UK) plc. He is currently
chairman of Wiggins Group Plc and he is also a Non-Executive Director of a
number of investment trusts.

There are no details requiring disclosure in relation to Mr Bernays under
paragraphs 6.F.2 (b) to (g) of the UKLA Listing Rules.

For and on behalf of

Singer & Friedlander Group PLC

Stephen Doherty, Company Secretary

Richard Oliver Bernays MA (59) list of directorships and voluntary positions
held

Current Non-Executive positions held

Chairman                         Wiggins Group Plc
Chairman                         Martin Currie Income and Growth Trust Plc
Chairman                         Gartmore Global Trust Plc
Director                         The Throgmorton Trust Plc
Chairman                         Impax Environmental Market Plc
Chairman                         Cossack Bond Co Ltd.
Chairman                         Singer & Friedlander AIM 3 Fund Plc
Director                         Gartmore Capital Strategy Fund Ltd
Chairman                         Firecrest Capital Ltd.

Chairman of the Audit Committee  Threadneedle Investments

Previous Positions

1987 - 1992                      Vice Chairman, Mercury Asset Management Plc
1992 - 1996                      Chief Executive, Hill Samuel Asset Management
1996                             Deputy Chairman, Jupiter Asset Management
1998 - 2001                      Chief Executive, Old Mutual International Ltd. 
                                 and Capel Cure Sharp Ltd.

Other Voluntary Interests
Chairman of the Council                    Cheltenham Ladies College
Member of the National Events Committee    Cancer Research UK
Member of the Investment Committee         Trinity College, Oxford
Member of the Investment Committee         Save The Children Fund
Member of the Investment Panel             Royal College of Obstetricians & 
                                           Gynaecologists

Previous Non-Executive Appointments
1987 - 1990                       Director, Lautro
1992 - 1996                       Member of the Chairman's Committee, LIBA
1992 - 1996                       Member, Institutional Shareholders Committee
1997 - 2000                       Chairman of Finance and Executive Committee, 
                                  Cheltenham Ladies College
1997 - 2001                       Director, India Public Sector Fund Limited
2000 - 2001                       Member of Securities Trading Committee, LIBA


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