Norman Broadbent PLC Senior Management Appointment

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Norman Broadbent PLC

13 February 2017

13 February 2017

Norman Broadbent plc

("Norman Broadbent", the "Company" or the "Group")

Senior Management Appointment

Tim Hammett appointed Managing Partner & Head of Executive Search Practice

The board (the "Board") of Norman Broadbent (AIM: NBB) - a provider of time efficient, cost effective Board & Executive Search, Senior Interim Management, Talent Solutions, Insight and Leadership Consulting services to companies ranging from established corporations to high-growth innovators - is pleased to announce the appointment of Tim Hammett as Managing Partner & Head of Executive Search.

The appointment of Tim completes the Company's proposed senior management hires following the GBP2.3 million subscription undertaken in September 2016. The Company's Senior Leadership Team now comprises heads of Executive Search, Board Search, Senior Interim Management, Insight and Talent Solutions all of whom report to Mike Brennan, Chief Executive of the Company.

The Board considers that the creation of a Senior Leadership Team with clear lines of management control is a key step in providing a solid foundation to scale the Group's businesses, with the aim of facilitating growth in shareholder value.

Group CEO, Mike Brennan, said: "We are delighted to welcome Tim to the Norman Broadbent Group and our Senior Leadership Team. As the world of work changes, clients are quite rightly becoming more demanding of executive search firms. They increasingly want to see new, more value added and integrated search solutions emerging. Tim has a rare, solutions-orientated approach to search, which is in line with our business philosophy and how we want to partner with our clients. In an ever-changing business world, clients need access to the widest possible range of senior management talent solutions, giving them the corporate agility to achieve their objectives. Our integrated portfolio of service offerings of Search, Interim, Insight, Consulting and Solutions, coupled with a strong problem-solving mind-set, enables us to access and deliver exceptional talent to meet their needs".

About Tim Hammett: Tim has a 17-year track record of success within executive search and an in-depth knowledge of the C-level market. On leaving the British Army, he spent 15 successful years in the corporate world rising to become Global Sales & Marketing Director for a UK Plc. He entered search in 2000 and has worked at a senior level with firms such as Heidrick & Struggles, Whitehead Mann and Augmentum. Operating at Partner and Head of Practice level, he has covered markets such as Consumer, Life Sciences, Telco and Media. Besides his executive search experience, he has also had management responsibility for leading a Senior Interim Practice for a leading global search firm and managed teams across London, Hong Kong, Dubai and Singapore.

For further information, please contact:

Norman Broadbent plc

   Mike Brennan/James Webber                                         020 7484 0000 

Allenby Capital

   Virginia Bull/Liz Kirchner                                                 020 3328 5656 

For further information visit www.normanbroadbent.com

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