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Xpertise Group PLC
18 January 2007


                               XPERTISE GROUP PLC

                  ("Xpertise" or "the Group" or "the Company")

           Xpertise is one of the UK's leading IT Training companies

                               BOARD APPOINTMENTS


Xpertise, one of the UK's leading IT Training companies, has today appointed Ben
Pike as Operations Director and Bill Walker as Technical Director.

Ben Pike, age 33, joined the Group in 2002 and has been responsible for business
integration following several acquisitions and for the successful delivery of
over #15 million client training. He also played a leading role in the
development of the Group's Managed Training Service division which now manages
over #5 million of training for clients across the UK.

Prior to joining Xpertise, Ben held various roles at QA Plc, and where, as
Operations Director on the management board, he was responsible for delivering
significant levels of client training and managing over 140 staff.

Bill Walker, age 42, helped to launch Xpertise's Training Solutions business,
which has been important in establishing Xpertise as one of the leading IT
training companies in the UK. He was also instrumental in the recent acquisition
and integration of Xpertise's soft skills partner, Watermans. As Technical
Director, Bill is responsible for product development and for establishing
marketing strategies to promote business growth.

Bill joined Xpertise from QA Plc where he was Technical Director on the
operational board with responsibility for the production, management and
delivery of all technical training products. Prior to joining QA Plc, he held
various positions at PHH Europe plc, Deloitte & Touche and Plessey.

Richard Last, Chairman of Xpertise, commented:

I am delighted that Ben Pike and Bill Walker are joining the main board of the
Group. They have been instrumental in developing key areas of the business and
their input will be invaluable in helping us to achieve the ambitious targets we
have set ourselves."

There is no further information to be disclosed with regard to Schedule 2 (g) of
the AIM Rules other than:

Benjamin Pike was a Non-Executive Director of Enterprise Study Limited from 28
October 2005 to 10 July 2006. He holds 1125 shares in Xpertise Group PLC,
representing approximately 0.02 per cent of the Company's issued share capital.

William Roy Walker has been a director of Waterman's People and Organisational
Development Limited from his appointment on 27 January 2006. He holds 812 shares
in Xpertise Group PLC representing approximately 0.015 per cent of the Company's
issued share capital.


For further information:

Xpertise Group PLC
Richard Last (Chairman)                                        01865 310 150
Ian Johnson (Managing Director)                                0113 382 6150

Daniel Stewart & Company PLC
Lindsay Mair                                                   020 7776 6550

Cubitt Consulting
Brian Coleman-Smith / Leanne Denman / Allison Reid             020 7367 5100


Background

Xpertise is one of the UK's leading providers of authorised IT and professional
skills training and has a nationwide network of training centres located in
London, Thames Valley, Leeds, Manchester, East Midlands and Tyne & Wear. These
centres have 42 fully equipped training rooms offering a capacity of 458
delegate places. Training is also carried out at customer locations. There are
30 full-time instructors and approximately 100 associate instructors available
to deliver training throughout the UK.

Xpertise provides the UK's widest range of authorised IT training - covering
every major IT subject and certification. Xpertise offers over 400 courses
through its extensive public schedule including: A+ and Network+, CheckPoint,
Cisco, Citrix, Help Desk, IBM, ITIL - service management, Java, Linux/Unix,
Microsoft, OO, Oracle, project management and Red Hat.

Training Services, a division of Xpertise, offers clients a fully managed,
tailored and bespoke service for large re-skilling programmes, project
management programmes and new technology roll-outs. A training service can
include elements of blended learning, e-learning, mentoring, seminars, skills
consulting, workshops and training needs analysis.

Xpertise also provides a range of 'soft-skills' courses, through its newly
acquired division, Watermans. These include personal, management and team
development courses, customer service and computer applications training,
including training associated with large desk top roll out projects.



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