Staff

Vets
Mark Scott (Principal)
Mark qualified in South Africa in 1992. He has been in England for the last 13 years, having worked in Essex and West Sussex before moving to Alton to become the sole principal of Amery Veterinary Group in 2006. He enjoys all aspects of small animal practice and the challenges of running a small business. He is married, has two children and owns three cats called Darwin, Spirit and Aslan and a dog called Gwen.

Louise Fletcher
Louise graduated from University of Bristol in 1983. For the past 17 years she has been living near Alton and working in a small animal practice near Southampton. Louise is married with two teenage daughters. Some of you may recognize Louise as she coaches swimming at Alton and Bordon in her spare time.

Philip Du Plessis
Philip graduated in 2004 from the same university as Mark, and worked in a veterinary clinic in Beacon Bay, South Africa before coming to England to join Amery Vets in June 2008.
At home in South Africa he has 3 dogs - Matilda, Morpheus and Domino, and cats Melanie and Streepies (meaning stripes).

Katja Wagner
Katja is the newest addition to our veterinary staff, having joined us in August 2008. She is originally from Austria but has been working in England for the past four years. Katja owns a number of rescue animals which she has gained over her years in practice.

Sarah Pettit
Sarah qualified from Bristol in 1979 and has worked in various practices with both large and small animals. As a farmer’s daughter animals have always been a big part of her life, and her present menagerie consists of two cats, two rabbits and one dog. Sarah works for us on a part-time basis.

Qualified Nurses
Jo Gardner
Jo is Head Nurse for the practice and is based at the Bordon surgery. Jo also oversees the training of our student veterinary nurses. She has a cat called Midge, and two dogs - Moose the Scottish Terrier and Arka the border terrier.

Emma Ricketts
Emma is Senior Nurse at our Alton branch and is also responsible for the training and assessment of student nurses. Emma has a black labrador called Dylan and two cats, Spud and Little Stevie.

Lucy Roberts-Bates
Lucy is currently on maternity leave, with twins due in November 2008.

Kate Messenger
Kate qualified in 2000 and joined Amery Vets in June 2008. Kate has two dogs called Dylan and April.

Catherine Miller
Catherine qualified as a veterinary nurse in August 2008. She has one year to complete of her degree course and will be working for us on a part-time basis while she continues her studies. We are very proud of Catherine, who started with us on a voluntary basis at the age of 17 before she started her veterinary nurse training.

Student Veterinary Nurses
Jessica Craven
Jess has a jack russell called Stig. She is based at our Alton and Bordon branches and has just completed her second year of training.

Emma Marshall
Emma is based at our Bordon branch, and has just started her second year of training.

Alice Murphy
Alice has worked for us part-time since giving birth to her daugher two years ago. Alice lives with a collection of cats!

Rosy Shirley
Rosy joined us in July 2008, having done work experience with us in the past. Rosy has a springer/labrador cross called Holly.

Amie Griffin
Amie is the lastest trainee to join us; she started with us in August 2008. Amie's previous experience includes work in a zoo, so she should find work with us very different!

Administrative Staff
Donne Scott
Donne is our practice manager and oversees the running of the practice. She grew up on a dairy farm in South Africa and as a child always wanted to be a vet. Donne is kept busy when not at work by her two children, Daniel and Aerin, Gwen the labradoodle and her three cats.

Jan Kiley
Jan runs reception at our Alton surgery and is responsible for debt collection, advertising and general administrative duties. She is a qualified teacher who has decided she would rather work with animals than children! Jan has four golden retrievers who enjoy coming to work with her, and cats Harvey, Hovis and Henry. She also has an elderly ferret and guineapig.

Chris Barker
Chris, also known as 'the foreign lady' is Canadian and is one of our longest standing members of staff. Chris makes sure that the reception at Bordon runs smoothly and is always available to answer your queries, especially relating to Pet Passports, on which she is something of an expert!

Cheryl Britland
Cheryl works part-time for us following the birth of her two children. She is kept very busy at home with puppy Cookie and her two cats.