Fthr re Director Appointment

Northern Venture Trust PLC
20 September 2001

                  Northern Venture Trust PLC (the 'Company')

            FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE RECENTLY APPOINTED DIRECTOR

Further to the announcement on 05 September 2001 of the appointment of Ross
Peters as a non-executive director of the Company, the information required to
be disclosed in accordance with 16.4 of the Listing Rules.

Details of all directorships held by the director in any other publicly quoted
company at any time in the previous five years:


        Current directorships:

        Izodia plc



 a. Details of any unspent convictions in relation to indictable offences:

    None

 b. Details of any bankruptcies or individual voluntary arrangements:

    None

 c. Details of any receiverships, compulsory liquidations, creditors voluntary
    liquidations, administrations, company voluntary arrangements or any
    composition or arrangement with creditors generally or any class of
    creditors of any company where that individual was an director at the time
    of such event or within the twelve months preceding such event:

    Peters Motors (Bishopton) Ltd, 1982 - Receivership then Liquidation, all
    creditors paid in full


 d. Details of any compulsory liquidation, administration or partnership
    voluntary arrangement of any partnership where that individual was a
    partner at the time of such event or within the twelve months preceding
    such event:

    None

 e. Details of any receivership of any personal asset or partnership where that
    individual was a partner at the time of such event or within the twelve
    months preceding such event:

    None

 f. Details of any public criticism by any statutory or regulatory authority
    (including recognised professional bodies) and whether such individual has
    ever been disqualified by a court from acting as a director of a company
    or from acting in the management or conduct of the affairs of any company:


        None

ENDS