BVA Council
Role of BVA Council
The role of BVA Council is:
- to represent members’ views on matters of veterinary policy
- to advise the Board on matters of veterinary policy
- to appoint 4 members as Directors of the Board
- to approve new members of the Association and to recommend honorary members, honorary associates, and life members for election at the AGM
- to recommend the Council’s preferred candidates for BVA President and Junior Vice President at the AGM
Composition of Council
BVA Council is chaired by the BVA President and has 43 voting members and 6 non-voting members:
- 3 Officers (President, Junior Vice President and Senior Vice President)
- 3 immediate past presidents
- 9 elected regional representatives for England
- 1 elected regional representative for Scotland
- 1 elected regional representative for Wales
- 1 elected regional representative for Northern Ireland
- 1 Scottish Branch representative
- 1 Welsh Branch representative
- 1 Northern Ireland Branch representative
- 19 specialist division representatives
- 2 recent graduate representatives
- 1 Chair of Policy Committee
- 1 Chair of Ethics and Welfare Advisory Panel (in attendance by agreement, non-voting)
- 1 Chair of AWF Trustees (in attendance by agreement, non-voting)
- 4 affiliate representatives from BVNA, VPMA, AVTRW, and BVLGBT+ (non-voting)
Council members
BVA Officers
- Elizabeth Mullineaux - President (Chair)
- Anna Judson - Senior Vice President
- Rob Williams - Junior Vice President
Branch representatives
- Gwen Rees - Welsh Branch
- Gareth Hateley - Scottish Branch
- Sharon Verner - Northern Ireland Branch
Specialist division representatives
We have 20 Specialist divisions representing veterinary surgeons in different specialisms across the UK.
- Adrienne Conroy - Association of Government Vets
- Charlotte Jones - Association of Veterinary Students
- Sarah Tomlinson - British Cattle Vet Association
- Roger Smith - British Equine Veterinary Association
- Julian Hoad - British Small Animal Veterinary Association
- Vacant - British Veterinary Hospitals Association
- Adrian Knoetze - British Veterinary Poultry Association
- Nathalie Wissink-Argilaga - British Veterinary Zoological Society
- Dario Mascolo - Fish Veterinary Society
- Erin Andrews - Goat Veterinary Society
- Rita Rose - Laboratory Animals Veterinary Association
- Gemma Thwaites - Pig Veterinary Society
- Ross Curnick - Royal Army Veterinary Corps
- Joe Henry - Sheep Veterinary Society
- Debra Teo - Society of Greyhound Veterinarians
- Silvia Janska - Society of Practising Veterinary Surgeons
- Aiden Foster - British Deer Veterinary Association
- Lewis Grant - Veterinary Public Health Association
Regional representatives
We have 12 regional representatives on Council from across the UK.
- Alastair George - Scotland
- Sara Jackson - North East
- Kate Higgins - North West
- Kate Sharpe - Yorkshire and Humber
- Laura Copley - East Midlands
- Nick Jackson - West Midlands
- Lucy Dobree - East of England
- Fieke Molenaar - South East
- Veselina Trufcheva - London
- Fergus Mitchell - South West
- James Taylor - Wales
- Joleen Little - Northern Ireland
Chairs of BVA standing committees
- Alice Moore - Policy Committee
- Madeleine Campbell - Ethics and Welfare Advisory Panel (non-voting)
- Julian Kupfer - Animal Welfare Foundation (non-voting)
Affiliate representatives
- Miles Russell - Veterinary Management Group
- Lyndsay Hughes - British Veterinary Nursing Association
- Finn Twomey - Association for Veterinary Teaching and Research Work
- James Whitmore – British Veterinary Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and others Society
Past Presidents
- Malcolm Morley
- Justine Shotton
- James Russell
Recent graduates
- Elysé Summerfield-Smith
- Emily Collins-Wingate