VMG Board of Directors & Team

The VMG Board consists of our wonderful team of Officers and Directors who steer the organisation to achieve its aims. They are all volunteers and work with our office team members, who are VMG employees to help implement the vision.

Our Officers

Rebecca Robinson MRCVS | President
Rebecca Robinson is a coach, consultant, and passionate advocate for leadership at every level. With over 20 years in clinical…
Liz Somerville | Senior Vice President
Liz Somerville is Practice Manager at Loch Leven Equine Practice. Liz is one of the founding Directors at Loch Leven…
Andrew Whitfield-Roberts I Junior Vice President
Andrew has held many roles with veterinary practice since joining in 2008, including Practice manager, Senior nurse and Head nurse.…
Gemma Barmby MRCVS | Finance Director
After years in practice, as senior vet and clinical director, Gemma is now with Vet Dynamics as a Veterinary Business…
Chris White I Chair of the Board
Chris has worked in a variety of senior operational and project roles within the veterinary world for over 17 years,…

Our Directors

Sam Anderson | Director
I currently work as a practice manager in a two-site small animal IVC Evidensia practice in Norfolk. I  qualified as…
Miles Russell | Director
Miles joined the VMG board of Directors in 2016. He has also served as VMG’s Financial Director, President and Senior…
Helen Mason I Director
Helen is an executive coach specialising in Women’s Leadership and Working Parents. As a certified Team Coach, she also focuses…
Claire Baber RVN | Director
Claire has committed over 20 years to the veterinary and animal care industry. She has a passion for making positive…
Nigel Lea I Director
Nigel has spent over 22 Years at VMG Company Member Citation, managing some of their key commercial partnerships across numerous…
Louise Newman I Director
Lousie Newman is Head of Veterinary Operations at The Blue Cross. Louise was appointed by Blue Cross to lead its…
Max Welch MRCVS | Director
Max graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2019 and began his career as a companion animal veterinary surgeon in…
Christy Lightley I Director
With over a decade of marketing expertise across technology, finance, and veterinary industries, Christy drives strategic growth as Head of…
Leah Morley I Director
I work at Medivet as a Branch Partner Development Lead where I have the privilege of working with veterinary surgeons…
Claire Smith | Director
Claire graduated from Cambridge Vet School in 2015 with a deep passion for all aspects of veterinary medicine. In 2019,…

Office Team

Jen Adams LIQA, CVLM(HR), MIoL, AfCGI | Student Services & Quality Lead
Jen joined the office in 2024 and is our Student Services and Quality Lead, as well as Lead IQA and…
Amy Martin I Learning & Development Manager, Course Director and Head of Centre
I am a Registered Veterinary Nurse with 25 years’ experience in clinical veterinary practice, small animal, exotic and referral. For…
Chris White I Operations and Development Director
Chris has worked in a variety of senior operational and project roles within the veterinary world for over 17 years,…
Sarah Cramp I Administration and Marketing Assistant
Sarah started her career as a student veterinary nurse 18 years ago and has since worked as a clinical coach,…

Tutor and IQA Team

Mike Kitchen DVLM, Assoc CIPD – Tutor
Mike is very proud to have been one of the DVLM pilot cohort and to have completed his DVLM with…
Caroline Pearson MA VetMB MRCVS CertRP MSc CMgr MCMI – Tutor
Caroline graduated from vet school in 1999 and worked in Small Animal practice in Oxfordshire and Wiltshire for 10years before…
Clive Elwood MA VetMB MSc MS (Ashridge) PhD FRCVS DECVIM DACVIM – Tutor
Clive graduated as a veterinary surgeon from Cambridge University in 1989. He trained and practised as a Specialist in Small…
Sara Jackson BSc (Hons) VetMB CertAVP(ECC) Cert Applied Positive Psychology PhD MRCVS
Sara is a veterinary surgeon whose career spans clinical excellence, leadership, education, and advocacy for mental health and wellbeing in…
Lauren Emmett BSc (Hons) RVN DVLM – Tutor
Lauren has worked in veterinary industry since 2008 and qualified as a Registered Veterinary Nurse in 2012 after earning her…
Sairéad Wild BSc (Hons), MSc, RVN, LIQA – IQA
Sairéad is the RCVS Head of Centre and Lead IQA in the veterinary nursing department at City College Norwich, in…
Helen Farrant BSc (Hons) Cert Ed RVN
Helen is a passionate advocate of the veterinary professions with a background of working in companion animal and mixed practices…
Helen Silver-MacMahon MSc PSCHF, Cert VNECC, DipAVN (surg), Cert SAN, RVN
Helen qualified as an RVN in 2000 and has worked in both first opinion and referral hospitals. Since qualifying, she…
Alison Langridge APVN(Avian, Herp & Small Mammal) RVN BA(Hons) MScFHEA – IQA
Initially, Alison completed her undergraduate degree in Linguistics before deciding that she really wanted to be a veterinary nurse, which…
Sam Anderson RVN/Cert Ed/A1/V1
Sam has worked in the veterinary industry for 30 years in a variety of operational management, clinical and educational roles.…
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