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 Tshidi Gardiner
BVSc BSc MRCVS
Paddy Gordon
MA VetMB MRCVS
Dr Danielle Greenberg
BA(Hons) Oxon BVSc MRCVS
Timothy Hutchinson
BVSc CertSAS MRCVS
Dr Zara Kennedy
BVSc BSc MRCVS
Alison Price
BSc(Hons) BVetMed CertAVP(VD) MRCVS
Dr Neil Smith
BVetMed MSc MDA MA FRCVS
Dr Lara Wilson
BVMS MRCVS
Ian Battersby
BVSc DSAM DipECVIM-CA 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
John Mark Castle
OBE
Jo Clift
BA(Hons)
Linda Ford
BA(Hons) FCMI
Claire McLaughlan
MA LLB(Hons)
Helen Grantham
LLB (Hons)
Members appointed from VN Council
Belinda Andrews-Jones
DipAVN(surgical) RVN
Kirsty Young
RVN
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RCVS Council
The RCVS Council sets the College’s strategic direction and safeguards professional standards across the veterinary profession.
Role of Council Members
Council members undertake the governance of the College, in accordance with the powers and obligations set out in the Charter and the Act.
Council elections
Every year, three or four elected Members of Council complete their terms or begin new ones at the Annual General Meeting, depending on the election cycle.
Council meetings
Dates of upcoming RCVS Council meetings, together with agendas and papers for each meeting