HCEG Healthcare Ent.

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Healthcare Enterprise Group PLC
18 January 2008


18 January 2008


Healthcare Enterprise Group PLC ("the Company")

Appointment of Director


Healthcare Enterprise Group PLC (AIM: HCEG), the international healthcare
products group, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr John Gunn as a
non-executive director with effect from the Board meeting held yesterday, 17
January 2008.

John is one of the UK's leading advisers and investors in UK technology
companies. He is a leading London businessman and through Ludgate Investments
Limited ("Ludgate") specialises in providing venture capital for high growth
early stage companies. He is a director of a number of quoted and unquoted
companies, primarily in engineering and high technology sectors. He is also
non-executive Vice Chairman of Ludgate. He studied in Germany and at the
University of Nottingham where he received a BA (Hons) in German and an Honorary
Doctorate. John trained at Barclays Bank until 1968 when he left to work for a
small money broker (Exco International plc) which, under his management, grew to
become the world's largest money broking company. In 1985 he joined British &
Commonwealth Shipping plc, becoming Managing Director and Chairman. From 1991 to
1999 he ran John Duncan & Company Limited, a business strategy consultancy
before launching Ludgate in 2000.


Mark Tompkins, Chairman, said:

"I am very pleased to welcome John onto the Board of Healthcare Enterprise
Group. His wealth of experience in the financial marketplace, his knowledge of
the sector and investment expertise will be a valuable addition to the Board."

Additional details as required by Rule 17 specified in schedule 2, paragraph
(g).

John Humphrey Gunn (aged 66)

Holding in the Company's Ordinary Shares: 9,500,080

Holding of unsecured loan stock ("ULS"): �400,000

Holding of convertible unsecured loan stock ("CULS"): �30,000

The interests of John Gunn include:

1)       �20,000 ULS held by Mrs Renate Gunn

2)       �300,000 ULS held by Ludgate an associated party of Mr Gunn

3)       6,045,000 Ordinary Shares, �60,000 ULS and �30,000 CULS are held by the
Wengen Pension Plan of which Mr Gunn is a trustee and a beneficiary


Directorships in previous five years:

Current Directorships                                Past Directorships
Blakedew 380 Limited                                 A H Medical Properties plc
California Wine Company Inc                          Ashley House plc
Central Connect Limited                              Ashley Medical Properties Limited
Ceres Power Holdings Limited                         Barnham Broom Limited
Ceres Power Intellectual Property Company Limited    Ceres Power Limited

                                                     DAT Group Plc
Connect Buses Limited                                Daveney Limited
Corac Group plc                                      FH Transport Limited
Ely Capital plc                                      Honning Limited
Finance (Ireland) plc                                Hiflux Limited
Flights Corporate Transfers Limited                  LBM Direct Marketing Limited
Flights Hallmark Limited                             Medical Properties Limited
HydroDec Group plc                                   Scalime France SA
Ludgate 181 (Jersey) Limited                         Solphen Group plc
Ludgate 181 plc                                      Solphen Limited
Ludgate Investments Limited                          SunBlush Technologies Corporation
North Birmingham Training Limited                    Synchronica Group plc
North Birmingham Busways Limited                     Turbo Genset Company Limited
PIMCO 2618 Limited                                   Turbo Genset Inc
Rotala plc                                           West 175 Media Group Inc
Scheidegg Limited                                    West 175 Media Limited
Trilateral Group Limited                             Vert-Eco Limited
Wengen Limited                                       XPO Network Interactive Limited
                                                     XPO Network Limited



Mr Gunn was an executive director at the time of winding up proceedings
occurring of British and Commonwealth Holdings plc ("B&C").  Mr Gunn was
appointed Chief Executive of B&C in October 1986 and Executive Chairman in March
1987.  Following the collapse of B&C as a result of a takeover of Atlantic
Computers plc ("Atlantic"), inspectors were appointed by the Secretary of State
for Trade and Industry pursuant to Section 432(2) of the Act to investigate the
affairs of Atlantic, Atlantic Computer Systems plc ("Atlantic Systems") and B&C.
 The inspectors reported to the Secretary of State in April 1994 and their
report was published in July 1994.  This report included certain criticisms of
Mr Gunn's actions as a director of B&C and other companies within the group.
These criticisms included criticism of Mr Gunn for approving the annual accounts
of each Atlantic and B&C for 1988 at a time when the possible existence of
significant contingent liabilities within Atlantic and B&C respectively, had
already emerged and for not drawing this to the attention of each company's
auditors; for failing to inform the whole of the B&C board of the possible
contingent liabilities within Atlantic as soon as he became aware of them; and
for allowing the interim statement of B&C for the six months ended June 1989 to
be issued with misleading content.  These criticisms were refuted by Mr Gunn.



Following the publication of the report, the Secretary of State commenced the
proceedings against Mr Gunn under Section 8 of the Company Directors
Disqualification Act 1986, on the basis that the Inspector's report demonstrated
an unfitness to act as a director of a company.



These proceedings culminated in a trial in the High Court of Justice conducted
throughout January to March 1998.  The judgement found no culpability in Mr
Gunn's relevant conduct as a director of any company in the B&C group of
companies.



Below are further details of companies where Mr Gunn was a director at the time
of or within 12 months preceding a disclosable corporate action:



Mr Gunn resigned as a non-executive director of Cabledown Limited on 31 October
1997. On the same date an administrative receiver was appointed owing to a
short-fall in working capital.



Mr Gunn resigned as a non-executive director of Pavilion Holdings Limited on 9
May 1997. On the same date an administrative receiver was appointed by Coutts,
the company's bankers as a result of, inter alia, the company advancing too much
money to authors without receiving the works for those advances (and the company
was subsequently dissolved on 28 November 2000).



Mr Gunn resigned as a non-executive director of Satinbridge Limited on 20 July
1995, the date that the business was sold to the then managing director of the
company. On 11 October 1995 the company entered into a creditors' voluntary
liquidation (and the company was subsequently dissolved on 14 August 1996).



Mr Gunn resigned as a non-executive director of Trafford Carpets (Bradford)
Limited and Trafford Carpets (Manchester) Limited on 24 November 1994. On the
same date an administrative receiver was appointed to both companies (and both
companies were subsequently dissolved on 29 June 2004) owing to a short-fall in
working capital.



Mr Gunn resigned as a non-executive director of Witlecraft Limited on 16
February 1996 after having reported suspected fraud by certain of the directors
to the company's bank. On the same date an administrative receiver was appointed
by the bank (and the company was subsequently dissolved on 15 February 2000).



Mr Gunn was a non-executive director of XPO Network Limited and XPO Network
Interactive Limited when on 6 September 2002 these companies entered into
creditors' voluntary liquidations as a result of the rescission of a lease
agreement entered into with the British Airports Authority which itself was a
result of a short-fall in working capital.



Mr Gunn is currently a director of Ludgate 181 plc which entered into voluntary
liquidation on 8 April 2002.



Mr Gunn was a director of West 175 Media Group Inc. which entered into a
voluntary arrangement in May 2004. West 175 Media Limited, also entered into a
voluntary arrangement and was struck off the register on 29 March 2005.



Save for the information disclosed above there is no other information to be
disclosed under schedule two, paragraph (g) of the AIM rules.





For further information please contact:

Healthcare Enterprise Group                                                           + 44 (0)1925 898 200
Lyndon Gaborit, Executive Deputy Chairman

Numis Securities                                                                      +44 (0) 20 7260 1000
David Poutney/Oliver Cardigan

College Hill                                                                          +44 (0) 20 7457 2020
Adrian Duffield/Jon Davies






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