Northern Venture Trust PLC announced appointment of Deborah Hudson to the board as a non-executive director and as a member of audit, nomination and management engagement committees, with an effective date of January 1, 2022. She has considerable operational and investment experience in technology and software businesses, which represent an important and growing area of focus for the Company. She is a founding director of Shackleton Ventures, which specialises in secondary venture and development capital investments and has served on the Board of a number of their investments and other earlier stage companies.