Richard Hooker Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Treasurer and Trustee of the BVA charity, delivering education, debate and Research to further Animal Welfare and understanding

Telford, England, United Kingdom

Executive Board leader, with extensive experience operating as Director of Services of a UK-wide Veterinary Service. Strategically focussed, performance driven Operations Director with expertise in multi-site service delivery.Passionate about excellence and creativity to meet core business challenges and drives continual improvement for greater efficiency and effectiveness across a UK-wide multi-site primary professional veterinary healthcare service. Wide range of skills, knowledge and experience of operational delivery across clinical services, and provider of Director leadership on public affairs, services marketing, advocacy, clinical governance and regulatory compliance. Commercially focussed. Able to lead and inspire diverse teams across a large and complex organisation and clinical and non-clinical roles, driving engagement, confidence, and motivation to deliver outstanding results and client-centric services. Passionate about growing talent to help teams maximise their potential with a commitment to listening and learning to evolve and strengthen teams. Effective networks throughout the sector and profession. An agile leader with experience in responding to and navigating significant changes in service delivery models – both adapting existing and creating new models, against a backdrop of economic, social and environmental impacts. A highly trained and effective subject-matter spokesperson with experience of national and regional media work, and contributions at professional industry events as well as a high level of visibility across internal communications channels and activities.

Telford, England, United Kingdom

• Provided the key point of contact and acted as the organisations representative to Governmental bodies, in relation to veterinary services and broader animal welfare matters. Acted as organisational spokesperson for all professional and ethical matters.• Veterinary advisor to the Board of Directors and PDSA Council. Held responsibility for PDSA compliance with all statutory requirements applying to veterinary services, which included developing veterinary policies, strategies and new cost-effective service delivery systems for consideration by the Board.• Held responsibility for targeting clinical training and development resources and relationship management with Veterinary educational establishments.• Co-ordinated and delivered key multi-stakeholder and multi-agency strategic projects

Stoke-On-Trent, England, United Kingdom

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Vet at a large Mixed hospital practice with equine surgery and progressive small animal hospital - referral level equine practice and extensive first opinion small animal work undertaken

Bvms (Hons), Veterinary Medicine

Postgraduate Degree, Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services, Chartered Management Institute Dms