Cambridge Technology Partners Announces New Executive Vice President.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 1999--

Gerard Van Kemmel, International Industry Professional and Former

Andersen Consulting Executive Named

Cambridge Technology Partners (Massachusetts), Inc. (NASDAQ:CATP) (Cambridge) today named international industry professional Gerard Van Kemmel, 59, as the new head of its North American operations.

Mr. Van Kemmel brings a wealth of operating experience to the North American operation at Cambridge including more than 30 years at Andersen Worldwide, where he held a number of key operational assignments. These positions included President of Andersen Consulting in France, Chairman of the Andersen Worldwide Board and member of the Andersen Worldwide Executive Committee, dedicated to firm strategy, organization and operations.

Mr. Van Kemmel joined Cambridge in November 1997, in connection with the Company's combination with Peter Chadwick Holdings Limited. Since then, he has served as Senior Vice President and has been responsible for leading Cambridge Management Consulting's European Operations. Most recently, Mr. Van Kemmel has been an advisor to the North American Integration team as part of the realignment of Cambridge's North American operations.

Cambridge also reported that Tim Ramos, Executive Vice President of its North American operations, decided to resign for personal reasons, effective immediately.

James K. Sims, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented on the announcement, "The realignment of Cambridge to a service line structure was focused on meeting clients' needs in today's digital economy. This was an important step towards bringing Cambridge to its next level of growth. Tim Ramos played an important role in this transition, and I personally thank him for his contributions to this effort."

Mr. Sims continued, "One of our key priorities now is to continue to work our demand engine as well as to shift our focus to achieve operational excellence. Gerard Van Kemmel brings the right mix of operational experience and leadership to Cambridge during this transition."

Mr. Van Kemmel was with Andersen Worldwide from 1966 until July 1997. He is a graduate of Hautes Etudes Commerciales in Paris and holds an MBA from Stanford Business School.

Realignment Background

In October 1998, Cambridge announced the realignment of its North American operations. This operation, which had been organized on a regional geographic basis, is now organized around the Company's six principal service offerings. This realignment helps integrate Cambridge's front office, back-office and Internet capabilities in order to focus on clients' needs. The service line structure is designed to permit the Company to provide clients with its best consultants in specific service areas who can deploy proven methodologies, training, and business processes. This approach is also intended to allow Cambridge to realize economies of scale in forecasting and staffing and permit better leveraging of industry experience.

About Cambridge Technology Partners

Cambridge Technology Partners is an international management consulting and systems integration firm. Founded in 1991, the Company provides end-to-end business solutions for "Global 2000" organizations seeking to capitalize on competitive advantages offered by the new economy. Cambridge has 55 offices and more than 4,400 employees worldwide. Cambridge on the Web: http://www.ctp.com.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Press Release includes forward-looking statements (statements that are not historical facts and relate to future performance) that involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements include statements about future growth. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those stated in any forward-looking statements based on a number of factors, including the effectiveness of the realignment of Cambridge's North American operations, risks associated with management of growth, acquisitions, attraction and retention of employees, variability of quarterly operating results, including the effects of the client purchasing patterns due to Year 2000 issues, competitive factors, risks associated with international operations, changes in demand for third party products or solutions for which Cambridge performs integration services, and protection of intellectual property, as well as the risks identified in Cambridge's SEC filings, including information (i) under the heading "Forward-looking Statements" in its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,1998 and (ii) under the heading "Risk Factors" in its Form S-3 filed in September 1998. Cambridge assumes no obligation to update the information contained in this press release.