EQUINE veterinary surgeon Dr Esther Skelly-Smith has been jointly elected new President of the Northern Ireland Branch of British Veterinary Association (BVA) and the President of the North Of Ireland Veterinary Association (NIVA).

Esther takes on the role following one year as Junior Vice President of both BVA’s Northern Ireland Branch and NIVA. She also holds many notable roles such as: equine expert on the College Advisory Group for the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise; the Northern Ireland Representative on the UK Notifiable Equine Diseases Core Group; is also an Ulster Farmers Union Next Generation Development Forum member and was BVA’s NI Regional representative.