Meet the team

I qualified from Bristol Vet School in 1990 and worked in practice before moving into the pharmaceutical industry. During my time in industry, I was closely involved with the launch of the first BVD vaccine and gained from the experiences of the management training programmes of an international organisation. Prior to joining XLVets in 2006, I was Marketing Manager for Bayer Animal Health in the UK. As Chief Executive I am responsible for supporting the Board of Directors to ensure that we set the best strategy for the organisation and deliver on our goal. Through cooperative-competition we strive to achieve clinical excellence in what we do, grow our practice businesses through meeting our clients needs, increase our business efficiency and effective practice communications, and most importantly, delivering high quality training for all our practice teams. And whenever I can I enjoy mountain climbing and getting out on my bike.

I am a founding director of Tyndale Vets in Gloucestershire. The practice started with three vets in 1998 and now comprises a team of 8 farm vets, 2 TB testers, 2 SQPs and 1 para-professional. The practice workload is predominantly dairy, but with an increasing sheep and beef client base as the practice expands. I particularly enjoy working with my dairy clients in all aspects of herd health and management to improve the cow health, welfare and productivity. When not at work, I can often be seen on my mountain bike. Luckily, I can combine this with spending time with the family as we all have a love of the outdoors and travelling.

I qualified from Edinburgh Vet School in 1995, and worked in large animal practice in North Yorkshire for 8 years. In 2003 I joined Roger Scott in practice in Hexham and became a partner a year later. I gained my post graduate certificate in Equine Practice in 2004 and a Certificate in Veterinary Business Management in 2016. After serving as Vice Chair of the XLVets Equine Executive, I joined the Board of XLVet UK in 2018. Away from work I am a fell-runner, mountain biker and skier.

A graduate of Harper Adams, I've over 25 years experience working in a variety of commercial roles in the veterinary industry, in the UK and Ireland. I spent 10 years with Fort Dodge Animal Health, where I was responsible for the livestock business unit. Thereafter I spent 12 years with Centaur Services, the veterinary wholesaler, finishing up as the Director of Customer Service, Sales & Marketing. I am a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and completed my Masters in Business Administration (MBA) in 2012.

Based in the XLVets office at Dalston as People Development Manager, I will be delivering a variety of people projects which will benefit members. My background is all things learning, providing advice to business leaders/owners and providing learning and consultancy in leadership and management training. I love being outdoors so in my spare time you will find me mountain biking, walking or running.

Based at Pride Park Veterinary Centre in Derby, I work on the Small Animal species section of the business, coordinating a number of marketing projects for our XLVets members. My background is in marketing and includes six years as a Marketing Project Manager, working with various teams on a number of new product launches. I enjoy playing badminton and going to the gym. I also have a black cat called Mo.

Based at Pride Veterinary Centre in Derby my role involves supporting the small animal and equine groups with medicine purchasing and reporting. I also further support the small animal group by organising the national CPD meetings and quarterly executive meetings. Outside of work I enjoy decorating and walking my two dogs, Bailey and Bobby.

Based at Pride Park Veterinary Centre in Derby, I will be administering bureau payments for Lifetime Care Club together with assisting Laura & Ann. My background is in banking, procurement and customer service. In my spare time I enjoy making jewellery and spending time with my family and friends.

My role within XLVets is Marketing Assistant and I joined in September 2016. Based in the Ripon office in North Yorkshire, I support the training arm of XLVets in marketing our CPD courses to our members, as well as support the wider marketing team in helping implement marketing activities in the small animal, equine and farm executives. I also offer marketing support to our members in the delivery of FarmSkills training courses, which they offer to their clients. I am currently finishing my CIM Foundation Certificate in Marketing, with the scope to continue developing my skills and complete the CIM Professional Certificate later in the year. I also have a big interest in digital marketing, and hope to develop my skills further.

My role involves developing the XLVets IT infrastructure to enable effective and efficient communication between member practices. I provide IT support and development services to XLVets and try to ensure everything runs as smoothly as possible! I spend most of my time working from home but attend weekly meetings with the team at the XLVets office in Dalston. In my spare time I enjoy playing football, cycling and walking in the Lake District.

Originally from Glasgow but now based in the North East, working in the Newcastle office, I joined XLVets in March 2018. Previous roles include working within the Retail, Manufacturing, Contact Centre and Pharmaceutical industry, ensuring exceptional customer service is received at all times in all of my roles. Outside of work, I volunteer as a Radio Presenter for the 2017 Gold Award Winning Hospital Radio Station of the Year and recently became involved with Radio Lollipop, serving the RVI Childrens Hospital in Newcastle, which involves organising essential fundraising events. I also supply emergency foster care for dogs, when required for local rehoming charities.

I graduated as a Vet in 2012 first working at a Small Animal XLVets practice, followed by an 'out of hours' only role, before going on to locum for the past three years. This enabled me to develop my interest in teaching and mentoring with a focus on EMS students and New Graduate Vets. I joined the XLVets team in March 2018 to help design and implement mentoring services, creating a variety of ways for XLVet practices to offer this to their New Graduates and other team members. In my spare time I like to travel and be outdoors or just stay in with a cup of tea and dote on my two cats!