Venture Life announced the appointment of Mr. Mark Adams as Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee for the Company with immediate effect and consequently, and as previously announced, Mr. Peter Bream, has stepped down from the Board with the same effect. With a nearly 30-year career working in senior finance roles across a range sectors and companies, Mark brings a wealth of relevant experience and expertise to VLG's Board, including significant time as a Board director of several publicly listed companies. His most recent role was as Group Finance Director at Marlowe plc, a UK leader in business-critical services and software which assure safety and regulatory compliance.

Prior to joining Marlowe plc, Mark held senior financial and board level roles at Stobart Group Limited, Pets at Home Group plc, easyJet plc and a number of other businesses. Mark is currently a Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Chair at One Media iP Group plc and Development Media International plc. Mark Andrew Adams (aged 58) has held the following directorships in the past 5 years: Current Directorships: CeGe Aviation (Holdings) Limited, CeGe Aviation Services Limited,CeGe Aviation Technical Services Limited,Cotterill Drainage Limited,Development Media International Associates C.I.C,DS Drinks Limited,One Media IP Group plc, and Redlotus Services Limited.

Previous Directorships held in the past 5 years: 4D Monitoring Limited, Advance Environmental Limited, Agriteck Solutions Limited, Alarm Communication Limited, Alpha Peerless Fire Systems Limited, Aquatreat Chemical Products Limited, Aquatreat Group Limited, Aquatreat UK Limited, ARSK Investments Ltd, Atana (Scotland) Limited, Atana Ltd, B.B.C. Fire Protection Limited, Barbour EHS Limited, Black & Banton Occupational and Physical Health Limited, Caritas Group Limited,Caritas Limited, Cirrus Holdco Limited Holdco Limited, Clearwater Compliance Limited, Clearwater Group Limited, Clearwater Technology Ltd, Connect Monitoring Ltd. Core Stream Ltd, CQC Compliance Limited, Cylix Limited DB Audio & Electronic Services Limited DCUK (FM) Limited Deltanet International Limited Deminos Consulting Ltd, Ductclean (UK) Limited, Elogbooks Facilities Management Limited, Elogbooks Facilities Services Ltd. Elogbooks Holdings Ltd. Empire HR Group Limited ESP Law Limited ESP Safeguard Limited, Eurosafe Plus Limited, Eurosafe UK (CDM Services) Limited, Eurosafe UK Group Limited, Eurosafe UK Ltd, Fire & Security Group Limited, Fire Alarm Fabrication Services (South) Limited, Fire Alarm Fabrication Services Limited, Firecrest Services Limited, FSE Fire & Security Limited, FSE Security Systems Ltd, FSE Sprinklers & Risers Limited, Future Water Ltd, G.P.C.S LIMITED, Guardian Fire Detector Systems Ltd, Guardian Water Treatment Ltd, Hadrian Technology Limited, Healthwork Group Limited, Hentland Limited, Hobson Health Ltd, HR Solver Limited, Huya Drinks Ltd, Hydro-X Air Limited, Hydro-X Engineering Limited, Hydro-X Group Limited, Hydro-X Training Limited, Hydro-X Water Treatment Limited, Independent Functional Assessments Ltd, Integral Occupational Health Ltd, Island Fire Protection Limited, Kingfisher Environmental Services Limited, Law at Work (Group) Limited, Law At Work (Holdings) Limited, Law At Work (IS) Ltd, Law At Work Empire Limited, Law At Work Limited, Managed Medical Care Ltd, Managed Occupational Health Limited, Marlowe 2016 Limited, Marlowe Fire & Security Group Limited, Marlowe Fire & Security Limited, Marlowe Kitchen Fire Suppression Limited, Marlowe plc, MOH Limited, Morgan Fire Protection Limited, Nestor Business Consulting Limited, Network of Staff Supporters Limited, Nile Holdco Limited, Nosboh Ltd., N-Ov8 Group Limited, Occpsych Ltd, OKUN Beachwear Limited, Philton Fire & Security Limited, Protecting What Matters Limited, Quantum Risk Management Ltd, Santia Access Solutions Limited, Santia Asbestos Management Limited, Santia Construction Management Limited, Santia Holdings Limited, Santia Limited, SB Hygiene Ltd, SFMP (Group) Ltd, Solve HR Limited, Square Circle HR Ltd, Sterling Hydrotech Holdings Limited, Sterling Hydrotech Limited, Steven Industrial Services (GLW) Limited, Stobart Air Services (UK) Limited, Swan Court Right to Manage Company Limited, Swift Fire & Mechanical Products Limited, Swift Fire & Security (Electrical Engineers) Limited, Swift Fire & Security (Northern) Ltd, Swift Fire & Security Limited, Swift Fire Suppression Systems Limited, Swift Holdings Ltd, Swift Integrated Systems Limited, Swift Keyholding and Response Ltd, Swift Monitoring Centre Limited, Tersus Consultancy Limited, Tersus Management Services Ltd, Tersus Training Services Ltd, The Employment Services Partnership Ltd, The HR Services Partnership Limited, The Philton Group Limited, Titan Fire and Security Limited Ultrapur Ltd, Vinci Legal Limited, WCS Environmental Engineering Ltd, WCS Environmental Group Limited, WCS Environmental Limited, WCS Environmental South East Ltd, WCS Services Invicta Limited, WCS Services Limited, William Martin 2018 Limited, William Martin Compliance Limited, William Martin Firefly Ltd, Workfit-UKLtd Worknest (Holdings) Limited, Worknest Limited, Wrightway Health Limited, and Youmanage HR Ltd.Mr Adams was a director of Usit World plc, an Irish unquoted company, when an Examiner was appointed (19 February 2002) and subsequently when the company went into liquidation (15 May 2002).