Staff

Alastair Kemp BVM&S, MRCVS

Alastair is a 1983 graduate from Edinburgh University. He has a wealth of experience having worked in Strathaven, Penicuik and Aberdeen before joining the practice in 1999. He has a special interest in homeopathy and holistic medicine.

Heather Simpson BVMS, MRCVS

Heather graduated from Glasgow University in 2000. She joined the practice in 2003 after working in Ireland for 2 years and then a brief spell in the Isle of Skye. She is a local lass, having lived in Inverurie all her life before leaving to go to university. She lives in Methlick and juggles work with looking after her daughter. 

Jill Shand BVMS, MRCVS

Jill graduated from Glasgow University in 2001. She worked at Banff and Inverurie before joining Methlick in 2006 and becoming a partner in 2010. Jill was brought up on a farm near Turriff and now lives on a farm near Auchnagatt with her husband and three children. She enjoys all aspects of mixed practice but not surprisingly has a particular interest in farm animal work.

Emilie Pombourcq DVM, MRCVS

Emilie came to work for us in 2008. She graduated from Toulouse Veterinary School in France having spent her final year studying at The University of Prince Edward Island in Canada. She is especially keen on farm work but also enjoys her time spent with smaller animals. She has recently returned to work part time after taking some time off to look after her son who is set to grow up fluent in french and doric!

Sarah Todd BVMS, MRCVS

Sarah, a farmer’s daughter from Crieff came here as a new graduate in 2011 for a spell. Crieff beckoned however and she moved back to her local area to work for a while. Much to our delight she’s back here now and became a partner in 2017. Sarah loves all aspects of veterinary work and is particularly keen on ophthalmology. She is married and has 3 young children who take up all her spare time! 

Hannah Ellis BVMBVS, MRCVS

Hannah graduated in July 2016 from Nottingham University. Hannah is a popular member of our team who enjoys all aspects of mixed practice. She is a keen horse rider and is especially popular with our equine clients. On the day she flew up for her interview it was so foggy that she had to take our word for it how beautiful it is up here - we are so glad she did and decided to join us!

 

Suzanne Tennant BVMS, MRCVS

Suzy (as she likes to be called) is a 2005 graduate of Glasgow Vet School and has worked in practice locally for a number of years before taking a break whilst her children were young. She works with us part time in Ellon doing small animal work and thoroughly enjoys being back amongst the animals.

 

Sara Youngson BVMS MRCVS

Sara graduated from Glasgow Vet School in 2011 and started work in Banff before moving to Inverness. She joined us in June 2023 to work in our Ellon branch doing small animal work. Outside of work Sara is kept busy with her young son. 

 

Lorna Linfield BVM&S MRCVS

Lorna started with us in August 2022 as a new graduate from Edinburgh.

 

Personnel manager  - Aileen White 

Aileen assumed the role of practice manager in March 2018 having previously worked on reception and accounting. She enjoys country living and walks with her husband, two boys and working cocker spaniel Hunter (a.k.a. Brown Bear). 

 

Accounts Assistant - Deborah Dennison

Debbie is well known to all our regulars at the Cattery at Methlick where she is responsible for a lot of the day to day care of the boarders.  She also assists with the accounts and helps out on the reception desk.

 

Carol Wallace - Receptionist

A qualified human nurse, Carol also has lots of experience working as a receptionist in different posts. She works part time at our Ellon branch. Her working cocker spaniel, Casper keeps her busy when not at work.

Bryoni Mcallister - Receptionist

Bryoni joined the reception team at Ellon in 2020 (just as Covid hit!). Having working in a vets practice previously she has fitted in very quickly.

Sue MacIntosh - Receptionist

Sue may be familiar to some of our longer standing clients - she worked for castle vets many moons ago! She has joined us as a receptionist and is happy to help out with the animals too when necessary.

Dawn Holroyd - Receptionist

Dawn has worked in a vets for a number of years and brings with her a wealth of experience working in reception at our Ellon branch.

 

Katrina Macpherson RVN

Katrina joined us as an SVN and after two years of hard work both in the practice and at college so became an RVN. She works mainly in our Ellon branch and enjoys all aspects of nursing. 

Carol Sharp RVN

Carol qualified as an RVN in 2009. in 2011 she travelled overseas has worked in in various clinics in Australia. However after over 10years away she decided to move back home with her family and has been with us since July 2022. 

Louise Bruce VCA

Louise did her VCA (veterinary care assistant) training with us before working at a practice in Aberdeen. She joined us again in april 2022 and is a great addition to our team at Ellon. 

Amanda Peters VCA

Amanda did her VCA training at a local practice and joined Glenythan in January 2023. She especially enjoys caring for the animals after their operations and making sure they are comfortable.

Katie Benzie VCA

Katie completed the HNC Animal care course at Craibstone and joined us at Methlick branch in October 2016. She spends lots of her leisure time working with her rescue dog Emma, her beardie cross Bobby and her handsome collie Tam. She has recently completed her VCA training while working full time! We are all really proud of what she has achieved!

Nursing assistants/ACA's

Kelly Milne

Kelly has been with our Methlick branch for over 10years. She helps the vets with operations and the in patients. She also helps out on the reception desk and is a familiar face to many of our clients. Her experience and way with the animals (and clients!) make her an invaluable member of our team. She recently had a little boy so now splits her time between work and looking after him and her own dogs. 

Lauren Simpson

Lauren is a local girl who works as an animal care assistant helping the vets during operations and with inpatients. In her spare time she has a flock of sheep she looks after. As well as working she is also studying towards her VCA qualification. 

Kelly Shand

Kelly has recently joined us to train as an animal care assistant. Outside of work she is kept busy with her cocker spaniel Luca.