Council

Ben Mayes - President  

Ben is a partner at Mayes & Scrine Equine Veterinary Practice based in Sussex and is active both locally and nationally in taking the profession forward, representing the equine general practitioner, safeguarding the welfare of the horses and ponies and the interests of their owners.

Keith Chandler- President Elect

Keith is the senior partner at Kessock Equine Veterinary Clinic based in Inverness. His main interests are equine internal medicine, stud medicine and care of the geriatric horse.

Deidre Carson - Senior Vice President

Deidre is a partner at Rossdales in Newmarket and spends the majority of her time concentrating on stud and ambulatory work.

Paul Jepson - Junior Vice President

Paul recently retired as chief executive of the Horse Trust and now works as a veterinary advisor from his home in the New Forest. He has particular interests in farriery and the threat of exotic disease.

Fran Henson - Honorary Secretary

Fran is a lecturer in Equine Studies (Surgery) at the University of Cambridge. Her speciality is the pathophysiology of cartilage disease and cartilage repair.

Roly Owers- Honorary Treasurer

Roly is Chief Executive at World Horse Welfare and is based in Cambridge.  He is closely involved in FEI welfare policy and chairs the Equine Disease Coalition Group. 

Henry Tremaine - Honorary Information Officer

Henry is the Senior Teaching Fellow in Equine Surgery at University of Bristol. His interests include equine upper respiratory tract disease, dentistry, wound management, and laparoscopic surgery.

James Wood - Honorary Publications Officer

James is the Alborada Professor of Equine and Farm Animal Science at University of Cambridge and Director of Cambridge Infectious Diseases Consortium. His focus is veterinary epidemiology.

Michael Sadlier

Michael is a partner at Troytown Equine Hospital in Ireland. His interests are reproduction, foal and yearling development and orthopedic surgery, especially arthroscopy.

Michael Crane

Michael is Head of Welfare at The Donkey Sanctuary in Devon and has many years of equine clinical experience both in the UK and overseas.

Lynn Hillyer

Lynn is a Veterinary Officer in the Department of Equine Science and Welfare at The British Horseracing Authority based in London. Her specialities include competition medication and lameness.

Andrew Harrison

Andrew is a partner at the Three Counties Equine Hospital in Gloucestershire. His particular interests are veterinary anaesthesia, internal medicine and echo-cardiography.

Chris Pearce

Chris is a partner in The Barn Equine Surgery based in Dorset. His speciality is Equine Dentistry, however, his interests also include internal medicine and soft tissue surgery.

Malcolm Morley

Malcolm is a partner at Stable Close Equine Practice based in Hampshire. He has been instrumental in updating the Pre-Purchase Examinations.

Charlie Schreiber

Charlie is a partner at O’Gorman, Slater, Main & Partners (Donnington Grove Veterinary Surgery) Berkshire. He has an interest in cardiorespiratory medicine and thoroughbred yearling sales.

Lesley Young

Lesley is the owner of Specialist Veterinary Cardiology Services and provides a visiting cardiology referral service across the UK and Ireland. 

Neil Hudson

Neil is a Senior Lecturer at University of Edinburgh Royal Dick Vet School focusing on Equine Medicine. 

Mark Bowen

Mark is an Associate Professor of Veterinary Internal Medicine at The University of Nottingham School of Veterinary Medicine and Science. His specialist interests are Cardiology and Ultrasonography. 

Vicki Nicholls

Vicki is part of the equine veterinary team at Wright and Morten Veterinary Surgeons in Cheshire. She has special interest in equine anaesthesia and equine dentistry.

Tim Mair

Tim is a partner at Bell Equine Veterinary Hospital in Kent and is also the editor of Equine Veterinary Education. He is very interested in clinical research, currently focusing on MRI, colic, neoplasia and clinical audit.