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Northgate Information Solutions PLC
10 December 2003


10 December 2003

Northgate Information Solutions plc

Appointment of non-executive director

Northgate Information Solutions plc ("Northgate"), a leading supplier of
software applications and outsourcing solutions to the public sector, human
resources and corporate markets, today announces that Dr. Duncan Hine, who has
served on its Board previously as a non-executive director, has agreed to rejoin
the Board in the same capacity for a limited period.

Northgate announced the stepping down of Dr. Hine from its Board with effect
from September 25th 2003, and at that time the company said that it intended to
appoint a replacement independent non-executive director as soon as possible.
The search for suitable candidates has taken longer than anticipated, and Dr
Hine has kindly agreed to rejoin the Board until an additional non-executive
director has been appointed.

Commenting on the appointment, Nick Irens, Chairman of Northgate Information
Solutions said:

"On behalf of the board I would like to thank Duncan for agreeing to rejoin us.
He knows our business extremely well and will be able to perform the role of
independent non-executive director perfectly as we continue to search for a
long-term replacement for him."

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Enquiries

Northgate Information Solutions
Sandy Halse - 01442 273 000

Brunswick Group Limited
Tom Buchanan/ Sarah Tovey - 020 7404 5959

About Northgate Information Solutions (www.northgate-is.com)

Northgate Information Solutions is a leading supplier of software applications
and outsourcing solutions to the public sector, human resources and corporate
markets. Headquartered in Hemel Hempstead, Northgate employs more than 1,300
staff and has approximately 1,800 customers across the UK and Ireland. Northgate
works closely with many corporate organisations, as well as approximately 30% of
the UK's local authorities, and all of its police forces. Northgate's focus is
on fully understanding application-specific processes, enabling organisations to
increase their business process efficiency. Equally, Northgate manages
customers' key systems, providing a broad range of outsourced solutions -
available at client sites or hosted at its own secure data centre.

Northgate Information Solutions plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange. For
further information visit the Northgate Information Solutions Portal at
www.northgate-is.com.

Dr. Hine was appointed as a non-executive director on 1st September 1996. He was
formerly Chief Executive of The Generics Group AG and Director of Technology and
Information Systems for the Post Office Group.





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