Deborah Hudson was appointed to the Board of Northern Venture Trust PLC in January 2022 and became Chair of the Board in July 2024. Deborah has considerable operational and investment experience in technology and software businesses, which represent an important and growing area of focus for Northern Venture Trust PLC.

Deborah is a founding director of Shackleton Ventures, which specialises in secondary venture and development capital investments and has served on the boards of a number of their investments and other earlier stage companies.