Vets Now has announced that Patricia Colville MRCVS, currently the company's Chief Operating Officer, has been promoted to the role of CEO of the leading provider of small animal emergency care in the UK.

Patricia will take up the position at the start of November, replacing Mark Ross who is stepping down.

Patricia originally joined Vets Now in 2009, working in areas of hospital management and then business development.

She became COO in June 2021.

Patricia said today: “Vets Now is made up of fantastic people and it’s the honour of my career to be leading such a talented team.

“Our out-of-hours business model was set up twenty years ago by a vet to support the working practices of vets and vet nurses, helping to improve their work-life balance by providing outstanding animal care at times of greatest need to customers. As leaders in emergency care for small animals, we’ll continue to work steadfastly in supporting the profession.

“Mark has done a tremendous job driving the business forward and I’m excited to be able to continue to build on our success. “

Vets Now says it is working hard to drive diversity and inclusion within the profession, and with 88% of Vets Now staff being female, Patricia will lead a board of directors of whom nine out of ten are women. 

That doesn't sound very diverse to me. 

Where are the men?

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