Dr Christianne Glossop

Working within the Department for Environment and Sustainability of the Welsh Government, she heads up the Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer, which is responsible for animal health and welfare policy and strategy.  Her top priorities are to ensure a state of preparedness for any incursion of exotic notifiable disease, and to work towards TB eradication in Wales.  

Christianne qualified at the Royal Veterinary College, University of London, where she also completed her PhD on aspects of cattle fertility.  She has specialised in food animal production and medicine throughout her career, with a particular interest in breeding technologies.  

She is Past President of both the International and British Pig Veterinary Societies, and has also served on the Rare Breeds Survival Trust and British Veterinary Association Councils.  

Joining the State Veterinary Service (now Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency) during the 2001 Foot and Mouth Disease epidemic. Her last role within that organisation was Divisional Veterinary Manager in Reading.