The successful applicants will formally take up their seats in October.
The incoming BVNA officer team and council members for 2025/26 have been announced.
This year, there are five successful candidates for the officer team, who will be presented to the BVNA AGM for ratification in October.
They include Sarah Holliday RVN, who will become BVNA president, and Lyndsay Hughes RVN and Steph Worsley RVN, who will take up the roles of senior vice president and junior vice president, respectively.
Also joining the officer team are Nikki McLeod RVN as honorary secretary and Hamish Morri RVN as honorary treasurer.
The successful candidates for BVNA council were approved at its most recent meeting (12 July), and include one student member and four full (RVN) members:
Student seat
Alice Langstone
Full (RVN) seats
Emily Bacon RVN
Macauly Gatenby RVN
Dan Lidgbird RVN
Krishna Mistry RVN
It follows a call for applications by the BVNA from its RVN members to join BVNA Council and champion the voice of the veterinary nursing profession.
A total of 17 applications were received for council during the application window (Monday 31st March - Saturday 31st May). Applications were assessed by a selection panel by an anonymous scoring process and then selected for interviews.
All successful applicants will formally assume their roles on Saturday, 11 October 2025 at the BVNA AGM.
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