LONR Lonrho

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  Lonrho PLC
  01 December 2008
   

    1 December 2008 

    LONRHO PLC
    ("Lonrho" or the "Company")

    Appointment of New Finance Director

    Lonrho Plc (AIM: LONR), the conglomerate with a structured portfolio of African investments is pleased to announce the appointment of
David James Armstrong as Finance Director of Lonrho with immediate effect.
    Mr Armstrong (FCA), age 43, brings with him extensive experience of operating across Africa having been, until October 2004, the
Commercial Director of Diageo Africa with combined functional responsibility for finance, information systems, strategy and business
development. Mr Armstrong contributed to the successful deployment of Diageo's pan-African growth strategy, encompassing over 50 countries.
More recently, Mr. Armstrong has been the COO of McArtherGlen in the UK and Europe with retail sales of Euros 1.3billion.
    With Mr Armstrong's appointment as Finance Director of Lonrho today, Ms Jean Ellis has stood down as the Company's Finance Director and
today assumes the role as a non-executive director of the Company.
    David Lenigas, Lonrho's Executive Chairman commented:
    "We are delighted to welcome David Armstrong as Finance Director of Lonrho. Mr. Armstrong brings to our Board a wealth of experience in
the financial and business worlds with particular emphasis on Africa. I look forward to working closely with Mr. Armstrong as we continue to
grow our business and we believe that his contribution and expertise will be of considerable value as Lonrho's presence increases throughout
the African continent.
    "I would also like to thank Jean Ellis for all of her hard work in the past and I am delighted that Lonrho will still benefit from her
continued support and advice in her new role as a non-executive director of the Lonrho Board."

     Enquiries

 Lonrho Plc                               +44 (0)20 7016 5105
 www.lonrho.com
 David Lenigas, Executive Chairman        +44 (0)7881 825 378
 Geoffrey White, Chief Executive Officer  +44 (0)7717 307 308
 Emma de Borchgrave, Executive Director   +44 (0)7867 785 177
                                           
 Pelham PR                                 
 Charles Vivian                           +44 (0) 20 7743 6672
                                          +44 (0) 7977 297903
 James MacFarlane                         +44 (0) 20 7743 6375
                                          +44 (0) 7841 672831
 Collins Stewart Europe Limited
 Hugh Field                               +44 (0) 20 7523 8350

    ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE:
    Mr Armstrong holds or has held the following directorships, and is or was a member of the following partnerships during the past five
years:
 Current directorships/partnerships  Past directorships/partnerships
 Amoria Limited                      Guinness Nigeria plc
 Amoria Brands Limited               Guinness Ghana Limited
 Ministry of Ideas Limited           Seychelles Breweries Ltd
 Spritz UK Limited                   CMMUDV SA
                                     Namibian breweries Plc
                                     McArthurGlen (UK) Ltd
                                     Spritz Limited

    There are no further disclosures required under paragraph (g), Schedule Two of the AIM Rules for Companies in respect of Mr Armstrong.


    NOTES TO EDITORS

    About LONRHO:

    Lonrho Plc is an expanding conglomerate that is rapidly growing a successful business throughout Africa. The Company's shares are traded
on the London AIM stock exchange (LONR). Lonrho is strategically focused on the development of business opportunities in infrastructure,
transportation, support services, hotels and natural resources. The Company has over 19,000 shareholders and substantial institutional
backing to support its mandate to build a profitable business that plays a fundamental role in the development of the African economy. 



      
   
   


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