Professor David Barrett
BVSc DCHP DBR DipECBHM FRCVS
Council members
Members of the RCVS Council are detailed below.
Elected members
Linda Belton
BVSc MRCVS
Dr Sinéad Bennett
BVM&S BSc MRCVS
Dr Sam Bescoby
BVSc CertAVP (EP) (ES-O) (ED) FHEA MRCVS
Dr Abbie Calow
BVetMed MRCVS
Dr Olivia Cook
BVetMed MRCVS
Dr Tshidi Gardiner
BVSc BSc MRCVS
Paddy Gordon
MA VetMB MRCVS
Timothy Hutchinson
BVSc CertSAS MRCVS
Dr Zara Kennedy
BVSc BSc MRCVS
Dr Alice McLeish
BVM&S PgDip (Conservation Medicine) MRCVS
Dr Susan Paterson
MA VetMB DVD DipECVD FRCVS
Veterinary Schools Council-appointed members
Professor Matthew Jones
BSc PhD BVSc MRCVS
Professor Christopher Loughrey
BVMS PhD FRSB FRCVS
Professor Timothy Parkin
BVSc, PhD, DipECVPH, FRCVS
Appointed lay members
Members appointed from VN Council
Belinda Andrews-Jones
DipAVN(surgical) RVN
Kirsty Young
RVN
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