Sixth female Junior Vice-President to take up post in July
9 March 2007
Mrs Jill Nute BVSc MRCVS has been elected Junior Vice-President of the RCVS, and will take up her office formally on RCVS Day on 6 July 2007.
Jill graduated from Liverpool University in 1970 and initially assisted in mixed practice in the Lake District, Droitwich and Leominster. In 1976, she established a mixed practice with her husband Geoff, a fellow Liverpool graduate, in Wadebridge, Cornwall.
The practice is now an eight-veterinary surgeon concern, a veterinary nurse Training Practice, an RCVS Accredited Tier 2 Small Animal General Practice and a Meat Hygiene Service approved contractor, and continues to have a significant farm animal and equine side.
Jill has been an RCVS Council member since 1993, serving on each of its committees with the exception of the Preliminary Investigation Committee. She has chaired many of its committees and working parties including, most recently, the Public Affairs Committee. She served on the Officer team as Treasurer for three years and is currently Chairman of the Practice Standards Group.
Spending several years on the Councils of the British Veterinary Association and the Society of Practising Veterinary Surgeons (SPVS), she was elected President of the SPVS in 1991.
Commenting on her appointment, Jill said: "I've been fortunate to have spent a lot of time in mixed practice, but have also had the opportunity to work in other areas, for example, as a Temporary Veterinary Inspector (TVI) at Polwhele, public health, food hygiene and exports, teaching and examining.
"I have also been a member of groups looking at topics such as BSE controls and the Over Thirty Months' Review and currently sit on the Food Fraud Task Force. Membership of such groups has given me the opportunity to see how Government works, and to understand the framework required for better legislation and regulation. I hope this knowledge will be a useful contribution to the Officer team, particularly when considering change and the Veterinary Surgeons Act.
"Work and family commitments are now such that I have the necessary time available to spend on RCVS affairs. I am looking forward to the privilege of serving the profession, which has been so much a part of my life."