Meet the Team

Katie joined the Meopham Veterinary Hospital as a student in September 2012.

In July 2015 she qualified as a Registered Veterinary Nurse from the College of Animal welfare and was in charge of running our busy theatres before taking on the position of Head Nurse.

In her spare time Katie enjoys horse riding and playing tennis.

Sophie started working with us in September 2014, as a student, after completing a zoology degree at The University of Nottingham.  Sophie qualified as a Veterinary Nurse in 2016 from The College of Animal Welfare with a keen interest in medical nursing and behaviour.

Sophie is our Tonbridge branch head Nurse.

In her spare time Sophie loves to ski, go to music festivals and she also plays hockey for Gravesend Ladies hockey club.

Emily joined the team at Meopham Veterinary Hospital April of 2021 and is now based at our Tonbridge Veterinary Surgery.

She has a great interest in nursing and the welfare of animals, in her spare time she also enjoys horse riding and spending quality time with her border terrier Binkie, Leopard gecko Nessie and two bunnies Chillie and Nellie.

Ella started her training to become a dog groomer in 2015 having always had a passion for dogs.  She really enjoyed both the practical and theory parts of her course.  Ella joined the Pride and Groom team in 2016 whilst still going to college to train for her diploma, which she completed in 2018.

Since 2020 Ella has been salon manager, overseeing the running of the Meopham, Sevenoaks & Tonbridge salons.

Her favourite style to cut is a traditional Spaniel groom but she still enjoys all styles.

She has 2 guinea pigs of her own and in her spare time enjoys spending time with family and friends, country walks and eating out.

Eleanor joined our Pride & Groom team in February 2022. She became interested in dog

grooming when working at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home working as a

welfare assistant which is also where she fell in love the greyhound

breed. Eleanor started training to be a dog groomer in 2018 and while she

trained she worked at a dog grooming salon and  kennels gaining  a wide range of practical experience. After finishing her

training she then went on to work in a dog grooming salon for 2.5 years.

In her spare time Eleanor likes to be with her family and friends, going

out to eat, swimming and most important of all cuddling her cat

Kiwi.

Katie recently joined the Pride and Groom team in June 2023 to work between our Sevenoaks and Tonbridge salons.

She has recently completed her Level 3 Dog grooming diploma.

Katie has always dreamt of working with dogs and is looking forward to working with the other experienced groomers in the salon to develop her skills.

Outside of work she enjoys spending her spare time with family, friends and her two chihuahuas, Pinky and Perky.

Kerry has worked at the surgery since October 2000. She has spent time working as a Veterinary Nurse at both an out of hours emergency service and at the Royal Veterinary College to gain further specialist knowledge.

In 2014 Kerry moved into the office as our business manager and in 2019 changed roles to Practice Manager.  Kerry is now responsible for the day to day running of our 4 practices.

Outside of work Kerry enjoys running, long dog walks and spending time with her family.

Susan has been with the practice since it started in September 1996. She personally manages large account customers. Her other responsibilities include credit control and VAT. Outside work she enjoys the country life with her beloved Labrador Benson.

Jo joined the practice in May 2013 as a receptionist and was then promoted to our accounts team where she is enjoying her role (although she still manages to keep up to date with our patients downstairs!).  In her spare time she enjoys going to the theatre, painting and decorating and travelling. Jo has two cat’s called Zac and Bea and loves nothing more than cuddles with them when returning home from work.

Hannah joined the team at Meopham as a receptionist in March 2020.  She has always had a career around animals from working as an equine groom to managing an animal feed barn.  Being a veterinary receptionist seems like a perfect career choice for Hannah as it gives her the chance to help with the care of each client’s animals and she is able to watch them grow and improve thanks to the veterinary team whom she works with.  It’s a job she really enjoys.

Outside of work Hannah’s time is spent with her fiancé and young daughter.  Hannah owns a bearded dragon Rockie, two Romanian rescue dogs Loki and Caligo and her childhood pony, Pie.  Hannah’s hobbies mainly revolve around looking after her small zoo as they spend a lot of time taking long walks with the dogs.  After enjoying many years of her childhood competing at dressage with Pie, Hannah now spends time teaching her daughter to ride on him and enjoys long hacks and sponsored rides.

Laura has recently joined the office team at Meopham Veterinary Hospital as administrator after starting her career at our Sevenoaks branch in a receptionist role.

Laura has previously completed an Animal Managment Diploma and has always had a passion for animal welfare.

Her main hobbies include caring for her 4 cats and crested gecko at home and she enjoys going to the gym, swimming and taking long dog walks when visiting her mum who has a beautiful rescue greyhound.

Angel joined the team as our Tonbridge branch receptionist in June 2022.

In her free time Angel loves spending time with family and friends and enjoys going out for food and walks.

At home she has a torti cat called Willow who adores cuddles.