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趣夜app Council

Regional rep applications are now open

Have you got what it takes to be a 趣夜app regional rep? As a rep, you'll be听influencing priorities setting for the year, contributing to horizon scanning, and providing an informed steer on policy development.

Regions open for application are:听

  • East Midlands

  • London

  • North East

  • Northern Ireland

  • Wales

  • West Midlands

  • Yorkshire & Humber

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What's involved?

  • Gathering members' views on key policy areas, with full support from HQ
  • Representing those views at 4 meetings per year
  • Reading papers, contributing to debate, and providing constructive challenge

Members in the region will be invited to vote for their preferred candidate in January 2026, with the successful representatives joining Council from April 2026 for a three-year term.

If you think you've got what it takes, then take a look at the role description and , including a short manifesto.

Closing date: Monday 1 December at Midday

If you have any questions, please contact 趣夜app's Policy & Governance Director [email protected]

Find out more and apply

Role of 趣夜app Council

The role of 趣夜app Council is:

  • to represent members鈥� views on matters of veterinary policy
  • to advise the Board on matters of veterinary policy听
  • 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鈥檚 preferred candidates for 趣夜app President and Junior Vice President at the AGM

Composition of Council

趣夜app Council is chaired by the 趣夜app 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听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 papers and minutes

趣夜app members can download the latest Council papers and minutes

Council members

趣夜app Officers

  • Rob Williams - President (Chair)
  • Liz Mullineaux - Senior Vice President
  • Gwen Rees - Junior Vice President

Branch representatives

  • Phoebe McCarter - Welsh Branch
  • Vivienne Mackinnon - Scottish Branch
  • Kirsten Dunbar - 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
  • Jayson Hughes - Association of Veterinary Students
  • Rose Jackson - British Cattle Vet Association
  • Kate Blakeman - British Equine Veterinary Association
  • Julian Hoad - British Small Animal Veterinary Association
  • Vacant - British Veterinary Hospitals Association
  • Henri Kodilinye-Sims - British Veterinary Poultry Association
  • Elliott Simpson-Brown - British Veterinary Zoological Society
  • Matthijs Metselaar - Fish Veterinary Society
  • Jessica Partlett - Goat Veterinary Society
  • Rita Rose - Laboratory Animals Veterinary Association
  • Gemma Thwaites - Pig Veterinary Society
  • Ross Curnick - Royal Army Veterinary Corps
  • Kim Hamer - Sheep Veterinary Society
  • Debra Teo - Society of Greyhound Veterinarians
  • Ami Sawran - Society of Practising Veterinary Surgeons
  • Gareth Boyes - British Deer Veterinary Association
  • Lewis Grant - Veterinary Public Health Association

Regional representatives

We have 12 regional representatives on Council from across the UK.听

Chairs of 趣夜app standing committees

  • Julia Gibson - Policy Committee
  • TBC - Ethics and Welfare Advisory Panel (non-voting)
  • Julian Kupfer - Animal Welfare Foundation (non-voting)

Affiliate representatives

  • Miles Russell - Veterinary Management Group
  • Sarah Holliday - British Veterinary Nursing Association
  • Finn Twomey - Association for Veterinary Teaching and Research Work
  • Peter Heather 鈥� British Veterinary Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and others Society

Past Presidents

  • Anna Judson
  • Malcolm Morley
  • Justine Shotton

Recent graduates

  • Charlotte Jones
  • Myrtidiotissa Nikolakou Petropoulou