Diversity in practice

Theeb has a passion for the dairy industry. Being a farm vet, he enjoys working with British dairy farmers in improving health, welfare and production of their dairy cows around the UK. His roles have varied from clinical practice, education, pharmaceuticals and now consultancy. He is dedicated in working to support the sector in helping attract people from non-traditional backgrounds into this industry. This has included being a trustee of St Werburghs City Farm, a trustee of The Country Trust and on the ADHB Careers and Recruitment Sub-Group. Navaratnam is co-founder of British Veterinary Ethnicity and Diversity Society (BVEDS) and a founding BiPOC Working Group member at the Land Workers Alliance (LWA). He was recently awarded being an Oxford Farming Emerging Leader 2020 in his work on improving diversity and is part of a research team who have just been awarded a Sarah Brown Mental Health Research Grant to look at experiences of racism in the veterinary profession.