VN Futures Board
The VN Futures Board, formed in May 2018, oversees the work of the VN Futures initiative – providing support, strategy and direction.
Comprising of the Chair and a member of RCVS VN Council, and the President and Junior Vice President of BVNA Council, the Board brings together key leaders from across the two organisations driving the project.
The Board holds regular face-to-face meetings and has ongoing active communications regarding the work of the project.
- Belinda Andrews-Jones (Chair of RCVS VNC)
- Matthew Rendle (Vice-Chair of RCVS VNC)
- Lyndsay Hughes (BVNA President)
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Craig Tessyman (Junior VP of BVNA)
View the Terms of Reference on the RCVS website.
Executive Group
The VN Futures Board is supported by an executive group which includes the RCVS Director of Veterinary Nursing, the RCVS VN Futures Project Manager, and the BVNA Head of Learning and Development.
- Julie Dugmore (RCVS Director of Veterinary Nursing)
- Jill Macdonald (VN Futures Project Manager)
- Nicola Ruedisueli (Editor of the VNJ, BVNA)

VN Futures Board, Clockwise from top left – Lyndsay Hughes, Craig Tessyman, Belinda Andrews-Jones, and Matthew Rendle