The Board of Hygea VCT plc announced that James Otter has resigned as a Director and Richard Roth has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect. Richard brings considerable financial, operational and VCT experience to the Board of Hygea. He is Chairman of Oxford Technology 2 VCT plc (OT2) and a Director of OT1, OT3 and OT4 and, as previously announced, has been assisting the Board of Hygea with its review of the Board structure, performance fee arrangements and other costs since July 2015.