LLM FARM VETS - Key Persons
Becky joined the ET team in March 2010 after working for Genus for 20 years as an embryologist. She works with Emma in the office and also helps the technicians with flushing from time to time. Becky is married to a dairy farmer who runs a pedigree Ayrshire herd and she has two children.
Beth grew up around the Nantwich/Whitchurch area, she has always loved sports, especially ones that get her adrenaline going! She has currently done 11 skydives and hopes to progress more. Beth's weekends are spent with her family and animals, usually watching tv.
Job Titles:
- DBR MRCVS Veterinary Surgeon / Director
- Veterinary Surgeon & Director
Bill joined the Practice in 2000 from an established farm practice in Macclesfield. He is a respected dairy vet, being an examiner for the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. He has particular expertise in calf rearing, mastitis and cell count management.
Job Titles:
- Receptionist & Pharmacy Assistant
Job Titles:
- Cattle Hoof Trimmer & Lameness Control Technician
Claire graduated in 2014 from Liverpool and moved to Dorset where she worked in mainly dairy practice. She loves all things cow and is happy just being around them, either on fertility routines or seeing sick cows. Over the last couple of years she has run successful youngstock discussion groups and loves seeing clients getting engaged in this topic. She also enjoys sheep flock health planning and lambing season.
Job Titles:
- Veterinary Surgeon & Director
Dan joined us permanently in 2008 and has since joined the Board of Directors. As well as having a particular interest in individual cow medicine and sheep health and production. Dan is pursuing further studies in nutrition and is especially engaged in all aspects of the transition period in dairy cows.
Elaine was brought up on a family farm less than half a mile from the practice. She worked in the NHS since the age of 20, latterly as a practice manager of a local GP surgery. She has kept an interest in the local agricultural community, especially being an active past member of Whitchurch YFC. Elaine currently lives in Whitchurch with her two sons and loves travelling and socialising.
Having spent 28 years working in management for Tesco Distribution in Milton Keynes, and then worked in accounts for Bluefin Insurance for 3 years. Emma decided to move back to her roots in Cheshire. She joined the ET department, in March 2016, where she supports in the office, ensuring all paperwork is completed accurately and in a timely fashion. Emma now lives in Nantwich, with her husband Dave and daughter Elena. She enjoys swimming and DIY.
Job Titles:
- Reception and Pharmacy Assistant
Job Titles:
- Pharmacy Manager & Director
Emma has a degree in biology and after spending nine years working in the horse racing industry, Emma decided it was time for a career change. Emma lives in Sandbach and in her spare time enjoys travelling, horse riding and walking her dog.
Job Titles:
- Veterinary Surgeon & Director
Job Titles:
- Office Co - Ordinator & Lab Services
Jenny grew up in Cheshire and worked in the insurance industry and in the NHS for five years before joining in the front office team. In her spare time she enjoys music, cooking and walking.
Kate graduated from Liverpool University in 2020. She has a large interest in farm animal work, in particular mastitis and udder health. In her spare time, Kate enjoys keeping active by walking, horse riding, and boxing. Although her favourite things are going out to eat and baking.
Kate was brought up around farming life in Cheshire and has a local interest in the farming community. She trained in classical ballet and danced professionally for a time in London before coming back up North to teach. Kate enjoys clay pigeon shooting, snowboarding and golf. She likes the outdoors and keeping active.
She graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in July 2019, and she comes from a dairy farm in South Lincolnshire. Katie has always been interested in farm work, in particular dairy, since before finishing her veterinary degree. So, coming from Lincolnshire, she's headed west to increase her knowledge and skills in all things farm animal practice. Katie looks forward to getting out onto the farm and meeting you all! In her spare time, she enjoys walking and a good day out at the races with friends. Though, don't count on me for any betting tips!
Job Titles:
- Eccleshall Practice Coordinator
Katy grew up in Shropshire and has been around animals all her life. She spent two years working in a children's home enduring some very challenging behaviours - great preparation for the vet practice! In her spare time she has horses, dogs and a young son to keep her busy.
Job Titles:
- Veterinary Surgeon BVSc CertAVP ( Cattle )
Laura is local beef and sheep farmer's daughter and graduated from Liverpool University in July this year. Some of you may recognise Laura, as she was a Vet Tech at the practice for a few months over the summer in 2018 and she did lots of placement here as a student over the years.
She has a particular interest in fertility work in both cattle and sheep and hopes to explore this more during the internship. Outside of work she enjoys walking her two spaniels Lily and Beti and playing netball when she gets the chance!
Job Titles:
- Veterinary Surgeon BSc ( Hon ) BVM & S
In June 2019 we welcomed Laura to our Whitchurch clinical team. Some of you will have met her out on farm already, but here's her background!
"I graduated from Liverpool in 2006 and worked for four years in mixed practice in Snowdonia followed by six years as a farm vet for Cain Vets on the Powys/Shropshire border. In 2016 I married a dairy farmer from near Wrexham and took a break from clinical practice by joining APHA as a field vet. In Spring 2019 I accepted a part-time role at the Veterinary Investigation Centre at Shrewsbury where I will be working two days per week, and I decided to go back into clinical practice for the other three days. My clinical interests include surgery and obstetrics and working for APHA has given me an in depth knowledge of TB management.
Job Titles:
- Associate Veterinary Surgeon / TB Tester - OV Work
Job Titles:
- PR & Marketing Coordinator ACIM
Lucy grew up on a dairy farm in North Shropshire and is interested in all aspects of farming. Having studied at Harper Adams, Lucy has worked within agriculture for most of her marketing career and joined LLM in October 2017 to help coordinate communications to clients. She's an active member of her local YFC and loves a good game of netball and tennis.
Job Titles:
- Recpetion and Pharmacy Assistant
Having grown up on a smallholding in North Shropshire, I have always loved animals. I now live in Whitchurch and have two grown-up children, Ryan and Lara and am married to Jonathan. I worked for the NHS for 22 years before joining LLM Farm Vets in November
Spike is our ET technician. Joining us from Cogent in 2005, he brought 30 years experience of bovine ET work with a reputation for attention to detail and excellent results. He is fully qualified to scan cattle for pregnancy too.
Michelle joined the practice in 2000. She has special responsibility for the support of our expanding computer system and mobile communications network. Her work includes calming colleagues down if there is a problem with their computer!
Michelle grew up in Hinstock, she now lives on a small dairy farm, just outside Market Drayton where we milk Montbeliardes. In her spare time, she is involved in calf rearing at home. Michelle hung up her riding boots after many years of riding to concentrate on working on the farm, when not at LLM. Enjoy a good gin at the end of the day!
Hung up my riding boots after many years riding to concentrate on working on the farm, when not at LLM Enjoy a good gin at the end of the day
Job Titles:
- DBR MRCVS Veterinary Surgeon / Director
- Veterinary Surgeon & Director
Mike joined the Practice in 2004. Previously, he was the in-house vet at Cogent, where he gained expertise in bull fertility and embryo transfer work. He heads up our ET team and is one of our Clarifide vets.
Nicola, but we call her "Nicky", heads up our HR at LLM from our Whitchurch practice. Coming from previous HR roles, Nicky joined us in 2021 in the midst of the Covid pandemic but never fails to bring some sunshine to the practice! She also looks after our students who are seeing practice as well as getting stuck in to a range of practice activities - "lunch anyone?"
Outside of the practice, you'll find Nicky camping, running and socialising with friends and family, including her two daughters.
I live in Wrenbury, Married to Rachel and have 1 daughter Esme. I love any forms of sport but my passion is Rugby. I started playing at the age of 7 at Whitchurch Rugby club and have been involved at all levels as a player and coach. I enjoy Real Ale with the "Bhurtpore Inn" being my second home! I also enjoy Music, Walking our 2 dogs "Buster" and "Maize" and a good Curry!
Rob joined the practice at the beginning of 2017 fresh after graduating from Cambridge vet school. A proud Yorkshire man with a faded accent, he is new to the area and is yet to be persuaded out of retirement to play rugby again. Coming from a dairy and sheep farm, Rob has a broad range of interests within the farming sector. He is especially interested in lameness, calf rearing and housing design-areas he has spent time studying in the US
Job Titles:
- Training & Events Administrator
Sarah grew up on her family-run dairy farm in Staffordshire. Sarah and her brother have owned their own flock of sheep (she really enjoyed lambing!) and looking forward to growing a suckler herd. Farming has always been her passion. She love's the outdoors, especially when walking her dogs. She has been heavily involved in Cheadle Young Farmers (Chairlady & Secretary) and Staffordshire Young Farmers (Development Chairlady). Prior to working at LLM, she had been working in a school as a teaching assistant but decided she needed a new challenge, so here she is!
What is your favourite food? This has got to be a Sunday Roast for Sarah - Yorkshire puddings are her favourite, finished with a golden syrup cake and custard.
Give us an interesting fact about yourself - Sarah has completed the Potter Alf twice.
Job Titles:
- Veterinary Surgeon & Director
Sarah graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in London in 2014. She joined the team as the Dairy Intern shortly afterwards. She is a Black Country girl and is very pleased to be working close to home. Enthusiastic about all aspects of dairy vetting, she has travelled to North America to learn more about large herd management and calf health.
Job Titles:
- Operations Support Manager
Shannon has grown up in and around Staffordshire and joined LLM in May 2016 after coming from an equine background, producing and showing horses. Shannon is a propa' Stokie and loves her oatcakes with brown sauce ‘duck'. She spends all of her spare time riding, at the gym or eating out!
Job Titles:
- DBR MRCVS Veterinary Surgeon / Director
- Veterinary Surgeon & Director
Simon first worked in farm practice in North Wales before going to New Zealand for two years. He joined the Practice in 2002, bringing with him a wealth of experience in low input, grazing based dairy systems.
Currently living in Aston with my wife Ruth, we're quite close to our favourite pub, The Bhurtpore Inn. I'm a member of three local amateur dramatic societies, and as a result have appeared at Crewe Lyceum Theatre in My Fair Lady, The Wizard of Oz, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Jesus Christ Superstar and as a Pit Man singer in the professional production of Wasteland. I also enjoy golf, badminton, table tennis and spending time with our two young grandchildren.
I was born in Widnes, and I'm an avid Widnes Vikings fan (Rugby League, NOT UNION!!). I am married and live in Nantwich with my wife and two dogs. I have two grown up sons and two lovely grandsons. I have recently retired and due to Covid-19 my wife is currently working from home so I needed an excuse to get out of the house, when this opportunity came up I jumped at it!!!!
I was born in High Wycombe but grew up as a bit of a Nomad as my Dad was in the RAF (42 years) so we were constantly moving around. I have lived in Whitchurch for 30 years and have two grown up sons who are currently serving in the RAF and Army. I am an avid hockey player and regularly play for Whitchurch Ladies, I also play golf. I have worked in Education administration for 20 years and more recently was the Secretary at Market Drayton Golf Club.
Job Titles:
- Veterinary Surgeon BVsc, MMedVet, MRCVS, Advanced Practitioner in Cattle Health & Production
Will grew up in Cheshire and graduated from The University of Liverpool in 2009. He started his career in rural mixed practice in North Wales, where he developed a keen interest in dairy herd health. In order to further this interest whilst having an adventure, Will moved to South Africa to complete a three year residency programme and masters degree in cattle herd health at the University of Pretoria. This was followed by a year at a practice near Cape Town, providing herd health services and on-farm training to large dairy herds. Despite enjoying the climate and lifestyle of South Africa, in 2017 Will decided it was time to move back to the UK. After working in North Yorkshire he has returned home to the North West to focus on dairy work. His professional interests include all aspects of dairy herd health, especially mobility and youngstock health. Outside of work he enjoys mountain biking and trail running, as well as continuing to travel when possible.
Job Titles:
- Stock Control Coordinator / Pharmacy Assistant
Zoe grew up locally in Market Drayton and previously worked in a laboratory. She enjoys walking her dogs and plays Badminton in her spare time. She joined the practice early in 2014.