Music Venue Trust appoints four trustees to board

The Music Venue Trust (MVT) has appointed four individuals to its board of trustees.

Joining the trust are The O2 Arena VP of venue programming Emma Bownes; Factory International director of music Jane Beese; musician Rhoda Dakar; and music programme manager at Summerhall in Edinburgh, Arusa Qureshi.

Pictured L-R: Rhoda Dakar, Jane Beese, Emma Bownes and Arusa Qureshi

The quartet will join existing trustees Bonita McKinney, Phyllis Belezos (co-chairs), Scott Taylforth (treasurer), Chris Prosser, Simon Hilton, Sarah Thirtle, Jason Dorman and Jeremy Pritchard.

MVT also announced the departures of Sarah Clover KC and Lohan Presencer from its board.