Roger Plummer and Ian Walker join from Coutts & Co to further boost SG Hambros’ regional private banking team

SG Hambros Bank Limited, part of SG Private Banking, is pleased to announce two key appointments to its UK regional private banking team. Ian Walker and Roger Plummer will be senior private bankers and will report to Eric Barnett, Managing Director of SG Hambros Bank Limited.

Roger Plummer joins the team from Coutts & Co, where he was a senior private banker. He previously held the position of senior private client manager at HSBC Trust Company based in Oxford.

Ian Walker also joins from Coutts & Co, where he was a senior financial planning specialist. Ian brings extensive experience in the field of private banking and investment management, having previously been a Director at UBS Wealth Management.

Roger Plummer and Ian Walker will contribute in developing SG Hambros’ regional presence covering an area from the Cotswolds through the Thames Valley, to the Northern Home Counties, including Oxford and Milton Keynes.

For further information, please contact::

Alexandra O'Sullivan
Group Marketing and Communications Manager
SG Hambros Bank Limited

Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7597 3029
E-mail: alexandra.osullivan@sghambros.com

Registered in England No. 964058
Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority

NOTES FOR EDITORS

SG Hambros

SG Hambros, part of SG Private Banking, is a private bank providing a comprehensive wealth management service. Through private bankers it provides investment management, financial planning, trust and banking services to some 11,000 clients. The SG Hambros Group employs more than 400 people and manages over £5 billion of assets under management from its offices in the UK , Guernsey , Jersey , Gibraltar and The Bahamas. www.sghambros.com

SG Private Banking

SG Private Banking, with offices in 21 countries, is among the market leaders in France , and has a strong presence in the United Kingdom , Luxembourg , Switzerland , Belgium . In Asia , SG Private Banking ranks among the top 10 players.

Almost 1875 professionals manage EUR55.1 billion in assets for around 75,000 clients ( June 2005). SG Private Banking's growth strategy is based on a business model that encompasses a global approach to client requirements through financial advice and asset engineering. It offers clients a broad range of sophisticated products and services that cover differing needs and include the best products available on the market, based on an open structure. www.sgprivatebanking.com

Société Générale Group

Société Générale is one of the largest financial services groups in the euro-zone. The Group employs 92,000 people worldwide in three key businesses:

•  Retail Banking & Financial Services: Société Générale serves more than 17 million individual customers
worldwide.

•  Global Investment Management & Services: Société Générale is one of the largest banks in the euro-zone in terms of assets under custody (EUR 1,180 billion, March 2005) and under management (EUR 326 billion, March 2005).

•  Corporate & Investment Banking: SG CIB ranks among the leading banks worldwide in euro capital markets, derivatives and structured finance.

Société Générale is included in the four major socially-responsible investment indexes. www.socgen.com