Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Bovine TB Partnership members biographies February 2021 Contents John Cross – Chair .............................................................................................................. 3 Members .............................................................................................................................. 3 Stephanie Young .............................................................................................................. 3 Paul Westaway (High Risk Area) ..................................................................................... 3 Di Wastenage (High Risk Area) ....................................................................................... 4 David Barton (High Risk Area) ......................................................................................... 4 Phil Latham (Edge Area) .................................................................................................. 4 Chris Addison (Low Risk Area) ........................................................................................ 4 Professor Rosie Woodroffe .............................................................................................. 5 Dr Sue Mayer ................................................................................................................... 5 Dr Andy Robertson ........................................................................................................... 5 Dr Gareth Enticott............................................................................................................. 5 Professor James Wood .................................................................................................... 6 Dr Jane Gibbens .............................................................................................................. 6 Professor Rowland Kao .................................................................................................... 6 Sarah Tomlinson .............................................................................................................. 7 Kate Bowen ...................................................................................................................... 7 Richard (Dick) Sibley ........................................................................................................ 7 Key stakeholder members ................................................................................................... 7 British Cattle Veterinary Association – Currently Rebecca Cavill, bTB lead ..................... 7 British Veterinary Association – Currently James Russell, President ............................... 8 1 NFU – Currently Stuart Roberts, Deputy President .......................................................... 8 NFU – Currently Tom Rabbetts, Head of TB Delivery ...................................................... 8 Government members ......................................................................................................... 8 2 John Cross – Chair John Cross farms a mixed livestock and arable enterprise in Norfolk. He has spent many years in key industry leadership positions. Former roles include Chair of the English Beef and Lamb Executive (EBLEX), member of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) and AHDB’s Audit Committee, and Chair of the Animal Health and Welfare Committee of the NFU. John served as Chair of the TB Eradication Advisory Group (TBEAG) from 2012. Since 2015, he has been a member of the SAC Commercial Ltd Board at SRUC – Scotland’s Agricultural College. He was also recently appointed Chairman of Livestock Information Ltd to steer the creation of the new Livestock Information Service (LIS), having been a key member of the Livestock Information Programme Traceability Design User Group (TDUG). Members Stephanie Young A local authority manager and accredited Trading Standards Practitioner in the field of animal health, welfare and feed enforcement. An experienced provider of enforcement training on the official feed/food hygiene controls and animal health/welfare. Lead officer and appointed examiner for the Chartered Trading Standards Institute on Animal Health and Welfare and Feed. Chair of the English and Welsh TB Compliance and Enforcement Group (TBCEG). Former member of the Bovine TB Eradication Advisory Group for England (TBEAG) and sat on the government’s Advisory Committee for Animal Feeding stuffs (ACAF). Former Chair and national local authority lead officer of the National Animal Health and Welfare Panel (NAHWP). Paul Westaway (High Risk Area) Tenant of a Gloucestershire County Council Farm on the Gloucestershire/ Herefordshire border since 2006, with herds of Aberdeen Angus and Murray Greys, producing elite breeding bulls and heifers for other farmers. Winner of beef farmer of the year at the British farming awards in 2013. Global Business Development Director at Allflex/MSD Animal Health with the overall aim of ensuring knowledge transfer and making technology work for farmers all over the world. Chair of the Gloucestershire Tenant Farmers Association, Chair and Trustee at Innovation for Agriculture, and Former Council and Livestock Committee Member at Royal Three Counties. Prior roles in sales, product and marketing for beef and dairy. Former Chair and Board member (Beef & Lamb R&D committee) at the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) and former Chair of the National Beef Association. 3 Di Wastenage (High Risk Area) Director of Wastenage Farms Ltd, involved in the family farming partnership. Combined farming interests extend to over 2500 acres in Devon & Cornwall, including seven block calving grazing dairy farms, associated young stock units, a large-scale milking goat dairy and an organic vegetable enterprise. Contract farms the dairy enterprise at Bicton College of Agriculture, on behalf of Cornwall College Group. Di is a member of the NFU Mutual Regional Advisory Board, represents the dairy sector on the UK Farming Organisations’ roundtable, and is Vice Chair of the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers. She is also a member of the regional Devon TB Eradication Group and a patron of Women in Dairy. Former roles include TBEAG membership, Chair of the Dairy Antimicrobial Stewardship Group and member of the Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture (RUMA) Strategy Task Force. David Barton (High Risk Area) Runs a mixed arable and beef farm near Cirencester, with a herd of 200 beef sucklers. He is a member of the NFU National Livestock Board, Chair of the NFU South West Livestock Board and a member of the NFU TB policy group. David is Chair of the Gloucestershire TB Eradication Group. A former TBEAG member and former NFU Cirencester NFU Branch Chair. Has also been involved in past badger vaccination programmes. Phil Latham (Edge Area) Phil currently farms his family’s pedigree dairy herd in Cheshire and has 30 years dairy farming experience managing large herds. He is also a zoology and agriculture graduate familiar with academic study of animals and ecosystems. He has a Nuffield scholarship in welfare looking at high and low input systems. He is founding member of the Cheshire TB Eradication Board, set up in 2012, and has represented the Edge Area in NFU policy meetings since 2016. A former appointee on the NFU National Dairy Board and Cheshire County Chairman. Chris Addison (Low Risk Area) Owner of 600-acre organic farm, with 160 dairy cows plus followers and 200 beef cattle. Involved in Environmental Stewardship schemes for 22 years. Has experience of combating TB in a low risk area of Cumbria. Member of the National Beef Association’s TB Liaison Committee Member. He has been active in Cumbria’s Country Land and Business Association for many years in Member and Chair roles. 4 Professor Rosie Woodroffe Professor at the Institute of Zoology London. An award-winning ecologist working extensively on the ecology of badgers and bovine TB. She has worked on both badger culling and badger vaccinations. Member of the Cornwall TB Eradication Group. Formerly a member of an independent scientific group looking at TB in cattle for Defra. She was an advisor to an independent scientific review of bTB in cattle and badgers for MAFF. She has also published a host of bTB related publications. Dr Sue Mayer A veterinary surgeon with a PhD in bovine immunology, with experience in private veterinary practice, research and policy in the private and voluntary sectors. Trustee and Chair of the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust involved in the development and implementation of a volunteer-led badger TB vaccination programme. Former Science Director of Greenpeace UK, she was also a member of the UK Government’s Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission. She has extensive long running collaborative relationships spanning business, government, academic and NGO worlds. Dr Andy Robertson An ecologist/research scientist (Associate Research Fellow) at the University of Exeter since 2013. Holds a research position with the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) on the long-term badger population study at Woodchester Park, Gloucestershire. Bovine TB Project Manager for the National Trust. Has recently worked on a knowledge exchange project to increase the awareness and impact of the science around badgers and bovine TB with a wide range of stakeholders. Formerly attended TBEAG meetings to present to members. Author/co-authored many papers on bTB. Dr Gareth Enticott A social scientist with