The Team

Mossy graduated from Reading University in 2002 with a BSc in Land Management, before heading north to Liverpool to complete a BVSc, graduating in 2009. After growing up in Berkshire, Mossy now lives in Uppingham, and enjoys the cattle side of the practice, especially the medicine and surgery.

Mossy, like Mike Thorne, has a helicopter pilot’s licence and makes some of his client visits, or emergency call-outs, by air.

A keen motorcyclist, Andrew has travelled all over Europe on his beloved two wheels.

Max graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2006, then moved back to Nottinghamshire to work as a large animal vet until 2012. During this time he was responsible for a separate game bird and poultry practice covering the Eastern counties.

Max moved to Devon in 2012 to lead a brand new large animal practice, working out of a large agri-retail store. He returned to the East Midlands in July 2015 to join FVS as a full-time farm vet based at the Melton branch. His interests are across all aspects of dairy, beef and sheep health, as well as game birds.

Any free time is generally spent running his farm shoot and having a few games of cricket in the summer.

Born in Valladolid, Alvaro studied at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and graduated as a vet in 2013.

Having already spent time with dairy and pig vets in Spain, he then moved to the UK to pursue his interest in working with farm animals. He joined the FVS team in March 2014 as a part-time TB tester also working with another XLVets practice. 

In January of 2015, Alvaro took up a full time role at FVS. He now also carries out clinical work on farms, in addition to TB testing.

Alvaro is interested in all aspects of cattle veterinary work, particularly medicine and nutrition.

Alvaro used to play lots of football, rugby and tennis, but now just plays a bit of football!  He also enjoys travel: exploring new places and meeting people from other cultures.

Zoe graduated from Bristol University, and has been working with the FVS team since August 2017.

Zoe is interested in all aspects of veterinary practice - working with both farm and small animal clients. She has a soft spot for water buffalo having previously worked on a buffalo dairy unit. 

Outside of work she enjoys running, travelling, and attending music festivals.

Rebecca graduated from the University of Nottingham in 2014 and worked for 2 years as a farm animal vet down in West Sussex. After a brief interlude spent travelling in America and Canada, she joined the practice as a mixed animal vet in January 2017. She has a key interest in sheep medicine and flock health.

Outside of work, Becca enjoys attempting any sport, particularly tennis and cycling.

Caroline graduated from the Royal Veterinary College, and has been working with the FVS team since April 2018. 

Caroline spent several years working on a dairy farm before becoming a vet, and is interested in all aspects of farm practice.

Outside of work, Caroline enjoys running, swimming and horse riding. 

Originally from Athens, Spyros graduated from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2010 and worked in public authorities for 5 years before coming to the UK.

After a year working in abattoirs in Lancashire, he took up a TB tester post in Cornwall. In November 2017, he joined the FVS team as a part-time TB tester, whilst also working with another XLVets practice. Then in July 2018, he became a full-time member of our TB-testing team.

Spyros is interested in all aspect of farm animal and farm business management.

In his spare time, Spyros enjoys playing the violin and being out and about in the countryside.