WEDNESDAY 11 JANUARY 2001

INTERNATIONAL BIOTECHNOLOGY TRUST PLC
APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR

Wednesday 11 January 2001, London, UKMr Andrew Barker has been appointed as a Director of the Company with effect from the close of business on 10 January 2001 and has also become the new Chairman of the Board. The Board will announce the appointment of the new directors shortly.

Andrew Barker has been involved in investment management for more than 30 years, having joined Foreign & Colonial Management Ltd in 1970.  He was responsible for Foreign & Colonial's North American investments from 1985 until he retired from Foreign & Colonial in March 2000.  He was a director of Foreign & Colonial Ventures Ltd from 1980 to 1998, which is a specialist provider of private equity finance to small and medium sized companies.  His former directorships include Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust PLC and Foreign & Colonial Enterprise Trust PLC.  He is past Chairman of the Association of Investment Trust Companies.  He is Chairman of The Bankers Trust PLC.

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