RNS Number:4849T
Abbey National PLC
19 December 2003








19 December 2003





                             BOARD CHANGES AT ABBEY

                   - New Non-Executive Directors Appointed -



The Board of Abbey National plc has appointed two new Non-Executive Directors.
Gerry Murphy, 48, Chief Executive, Kingfisher plc and Geoff Cooper, 49, Deputy
Chief Executive, Alliance UniChem plc, join the Board on 1 January 2004.



Peter Ogden, 54, will retire from the Board on 31 December 2003.  He has been a
Non-Executive Director of Abbey National since 1994.










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