Northern Venture Trust PLC announced that at a board meeting held on 5 November 2014, Mr. Richard Green was appointed to the board as a non-executive director with immediate effect. Mr. Green is aged 52 and is an experienced private equity professional with board level leadership experience in both executive and non-executive roles of private companies, partnerships and a quoted investment trust plus extensive experience on industry boards and charities. He was formerly with Kleinwort Benson Development Capital and was a founder of the spin-out business which became August Equity LLP, where he was managing partner until 2009 and then chairman until his retirement in April 2014.