Axon Appoints Steve Peck as President and CEO of Axon Americas        01/04/08

Addition of Former SAP Executive Readies Axon for the Next Wave of Growth

Axon today announces that it has appointed Steve Peck as President and CEO of Axon Americas. Steve joins Axon from SAP Americas & Asia-Pacific Japan, where he was Senior Vice President and General Manager, Ecosystem & Partner Group and also served on the CEO council.

From 2006, Steve has been responsible for developing and executing programs with the global SAP ecosystem and other SAP partners to accelerate SAP's market share gain and customer success in the Americas & Asia-Pacific Japan.

Prior to his current role at SAP, Steve served as President of SAP Public Services, Inc. Under Steve’s leadership, SAP Public Services delivered three consecutive years of significant market share gains, double digit revenue growth and strong customer and employee satisfaction improvements.  Steve has more than 22 years of expertise in transforming organizations of all sizes and industries through the implementation of best practices enabled by enterprise business technologies.

Steve Cardell, CEO of Axon Group plc, stated, “Steve brings invaluable experience and leadership to Axon Americas. His vision, passion for excellence and focus on customer success are closely aligned to Axon’s goals. Steve will be a key catalyst to Axon’s continued rapid growth in the Americas region and achieving our 2010 strategy.

On his appointment, Steve Peck said, “I am excited to join Axon at this point in their history. They have reached the scale and expertise to win engagements traditionally only undertaken by the Big 4. With over 1700 consultants worldwide dedicated to SAP, Axon has earned a reputation for rapidly delivering quality and customer value. Our world class services combined with SAP’s world leading software prove we are the right choice for customers in the market.”

Bill McDermott, President and CEO, SAP Americas, Asia Pacific and Japan, commented, “Axon is a long-time SAP partner and Steve is a proven and trusted executive.  I look forward to working with Steve in his new role and to further enhancing our objective of making every customer a best run business.”

Steve Peck will commence his new role in April 2, 2008 and will report to the Axon Group plc board.

For further information please contact:

Axon

Steve Cardell 01784 480 800

Bell Pottinger

Chris Hamilton 020 7861 3232