Carl Padgett, Chairman of Trustees BVMS CertCHP MRCVS Carl qualified in 1989 and spent six years in mixed practice in Worcester and the Cotswolds before returning to his native Lancaster where he is now a partner in a 14-vet mixed practice. His main interests are farm animal practice and proactive approaches to animal health and welfare, promoting strategic approaches to preventative medicine on farms. Carl is also actively involved in veterinary education and politics. Carl was made Chairman of Trustees in 2006.
	David Chennells MA VetMB CertPM MRCVS Following his graduation in 1976 David has spent much of his career in general and swine practice, except for a three-year period in the State Veterinary Service. He is the senior partner of a seven-vet mixed practice and current President of the Pig Veterinary Society. He also teaches and is involved with various research projects and several pig industry advisory committees. He lives on and runs a sheep and arable farm in Buckinghamshire.
	Major Tiffany S Cottrell BVMS MSc PhD DACVPM (epidemiology) CertWEL MRCVS RAVC After graduating, Tiffany moved to Canada where she completed a thesis MSc, and subsequently a PhD, in epidemiology at the University of Guelph, Ontario. She joined the Territorial Army as a Veterinary Officer in 1997 and continued to complete military training throughout her time in Canada. She was deployed as Veterinary Officer to Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina between October 2000 and June 2001 and now works for the Defence Intelligence Staff/ Defence Medical Services Department in Whitehall. Her particular interests within animal welfare science are in working animals, welfare issues due to ignorance and educational issues associated with the improvement of animal welfare.
	Joanne Fielder MRCVS After graduating from the R(D)SVS Edinburgh in 1997, Joanne spent two years in mixed practice, followed by a 12 month voluntary position in Indonesia working for the Orangutan Foundation International, where she had sole veterinary responsibility for over 90 orphaned juvenile orangutans. Following this she spent three years working for International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) as global coordinator for sanctuary and rehabilitation projects, and currently works as a part time small animal clinician in Oxfordshire.
	Pete Goddard  BVetMed PhD MRCVS Pete heads the Macaulay Institute’s Ecology Group. He has a particular interest in animal welfare, focusing especially on investigating behavioural and physiological correlates of welfare in ruminants under extensive systems of management. He was a member of the international programme review panel of the CSIC (Spain) in 2005 and recently contributed to the development and delivery of a new international advanced course on animal welfare under the auspices of the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies.
	David Harwood BVetMed MRCVS David qualified from the Royal Veterinary College in 1974, and worked in farm animal practice until 1983. He now works at the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) in Winchester. In addition to routine diagnostic work, he manages the VLA animal welfare sub-programme, and has a particular interest in farm animal welfare surveillance and veterinary forensic work. He is a member of the VLA Cattle Group and the VLA Small Ruminant Group (as goat advisor).   He was President of the British Cattle Veterinary Association in 2002 / 2003.  He is also an Honorary Vet for the British Goat Society, lectures at most UK Vet Schools on goat health and welfare, and edits the Goat Veterinary Society Journal.
	Emma Milne BVSC MRCVS Emma qualified from Bristol University vet school in 1996. She then spent a year doing fully mixed work, the farm side mostly comprising beef and sheep work with a small amount of equine followed by six years in small animal practices. She now works for Minster Veterinary Practice in York. Emma has a strong interest in animal welfare in all its forms and has been particularly involved with the issue of tail-docking. Her book ‘The Truth about Cats and Dogs’ was published in 2007 and tackles her other main passion- the detrimental effect of pedigree breeding on the health of dogs and cats.
	Andrea Nolan MVB PhD MRCVS  Andrea is Vice Principle of the University of Glasgow. In 2001 she was awarded Honorary Life membership of the Association of Veterinary Teachers and Research workers, and in 2004, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. She has contributed to the development of education in the field of veterinary medicine, holding European diplomas in Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology and Veterinary Anaesthesia, over the last 20 years she has contributed regularly to continuing profession development. Her particular area of interest is in animal pain, its recognition and treatment.
	Nicky Paull BVSc MRCVS, BVA Past President Nicky qualified from Liverpool in 1979 joining a three vet mixed practice in Lostwithiel, Cornwall with a work load of about 80% farm work. She purchased the practice in 1988 and it has now grown to a partnership of three employing 8 veterinary associates and 25 support staff. Nicky has been President of the Cornwall Veterinary Association as well as Treasurer and President of the Society of Practising Veterinary Surgeons (SPVS). She represented SPVS on BVA Council for 4 years. She was a member of the Members' Services Group for 3 years and joined the BVA Veterinary Policy Group in 2005. Nickywas BVA President for the 2008/2009 BVA Association year.
	Bill Reilly BVMS BSc DVSM HonFRCVS, BVA President Bill qualified at Glasgow in 1970 and after a brief spell in academia spent five years in general veterinary practice – mainly farm animal. He joined the State veterinary service in 1976 where he undertook a post graduate degree in Veterinary Public Health. After a successful period of secondment from MAFF, Bill joined the Communicable Disease (Scotland) Unit in 1989, going on to become Deputy Director. Bill has been very active in the BVA over the past twenty years or more, serving on numerous committees and became BVA President in September 2009.
	Pete Southgate BVetMed MSc MRCVS Pete graduated in 1979 and after a number of years in practice, took an MSc in aquatic veterinary studies at Stirling University where he stayed as a diagnostic fish pathologist for six years. He then became a freelance consultant in fish disease to the developing aquaculture industry. Since 1997 he has been a partner in the Fish Vet Group and he has a particular interest in fish welfare.
	Andrew Trawford BVSc MSc MRCVS CVMA Andrew has been working with charities in different countries thoughout his career. He is now Director of Veterinary Services at the Donkey Sanctuary. After graduating in 1969 he went into general practice before working in Africa, Canada, the Carribbean, the Middle East and Malaysia for British Government overseas aid projects. He still travels extensively to develop extension programmes for the veterinary health and welfare of donkeys.
	Sean Wensley BVSc MSc MRCVS Sean qualified in 2003, then obtained a Masters degree in applied animal behaviour and animal welfare in 2004. He spent 3 years working in both companion animal and exotics veterinary practices, then, in 2008, became Senior Veterinary Surgeon for Communication and Education at PDSA. Sean has represented the veterinary profession in Europe in seeking to end the trade of wild-caught birds into the EU, and has a keen interest in promoting a solid science based approach to animal welfare among the veterinary profession.