Cath has been tutoring on the course for over two years, following successful completion of the Diploma (with Distinction) in April 2024. Cath is passionate about lifelong learning and, as a mature Veterinary Practice Manager with over 25 years’ experience in the industry, studied the Diploma to make sure that her skills and knowledge were still up-to-date and relevant in modern practice context. Cath has a keen interest in finance, quality improvement, workplace culture,  team, and individual development, and achieving excellence in client care, through digital marketing/communications. In August 2024 Cath recorded a podcast for RCVS Knowledge about Quality Improvement for Non-Clinicians that may be heard here.

In her day job, Cath is Practice Manager at Pinkham Equine and joined that team, who supply specialist reproductive services to the thoroughbred industry, as well as general equine care to the local leisure and competition horse populations of Wiltshire, Dorset and Hampshire, in 2020. She has spent most of her career in the veterinary world, and previously enjoyed over a decade in equine practice in Shropshire. She has also worked in small animal practice, the construction industry, and the public sector.

Cath is a keen member of the Veterinary Voices hiking group and organises fund-raising walks with other industry friends. She also enjoys travel, running, yoga and volunteering. She owns a failed racehorse, Rosie, who is the apple of her eye, and a one-eyed JRT named Kip!