Angela Mariconda

Office and Accounts Manager

Since leaving school in 1982 I have worked for a variety of professions and always within an accounting role. I guess that’s because I’m particularly tidy, methodical, and some would say, way too organised and that’s probably why I enjoy accounts work so much.

I joined BVNA in 1993 with my main responsibility being book-keeper, however I quickly volunteered to take on additional tasks which included processing the association’s membership and exhibitor bookings for congress. I enjoy keeping busy as well as a challenge, so over the years I have worked in many different roles with BVNA and in 2020 changed my job role again to ‘Office and Accounts Manager’.

My main responsibilities are managing the associations accounts and finances, providing management reports and support to the Chief Executive, as well as managing the office, equipment and resources.

I’m always keen to help, provide advice and support from my working history and experiences. I have also made a large number of BVNA ‘friends’ over the years and I’m always on hand if someone wants to know anything about things such as previous projects, contacts, historical information, etc…I often say I feel like the Wikipedia of BVNA!

Outside of BVNA, I enjoy travelling with my husband and have been fortunate enough to visit some amazing places. As we are both qualified PADI Scuba Divers we enjoy this hobby together and have seen some weird and beautiful things below the waves which makes you realise that there really is another world out there!

We also both enjoy skiing and I’ve always enjoyed keeping fit, so took up running in April 2021 and now run three times a week with a running club. I also enjoy reading and socialising, as well as cooking and try to cook at least one new recipe a month.

I’m a great believer in finding what makes you happy. Life is precious, so love what you do!

Charlotte Bullard

Learning & Development Manager

I completed my BSc in Equine Sports Therapy in 2014 and, after spending a year as a receptionist in a small animal veterinary practice in Suffolk, in 2016 I moved to work as a Course Assistant for an equine distance learning college near Newmarket. I quickly progressed to the role of Programme Manager, which involved overseeing and teaching predominantly equine veterinary nursing and equine therapy students. I loved experimenting with innovative ways of delivering teaching and online resources – and this led me to pursue the MSc in Veterinary Education at the Royal Veterinary College, which I’m due to complete in 2021.

I joined the BVNA in Summer 2019 as Education Manager, and I’m so lucky and grateful to have a role I absolutely love and which is a perfect fit! The main aspects of my work for BVNA include overseeing our CPD provision, and ensuring this leads to a real impact on professional practice plus future opportunities for development for our members. I also develop our Scientific Programme for our annual BVNA Congress, and finally I have established and continue to co-ordinate a VN Educator Network, which seeks to support UK veterinary nursing training providers and encourage collaborative working.

I live with my partner David in the depths of the countryside on the Suffolk/Norfolk border, and outside work I am most frequently found in wellies! I have a 7-year old Welsh Section D called Hazel, who I’ve owned from a 2-year old and have slowly started her ridden career since then. I’m infamously terrible at cooking (I’m not allowed anywhere near the oven at home), but luckily David is a great chef which makes up for it. I also love exploring other areas of the countryside in the UK – I will walk for hours as long as there is a good pub at the end of it!

Danni Moeser

Membership and Marketing Co-Ordinator

I graduated from University in 2013, where I studied Outdoor Leadership. I am very active and it is very rare that I will be sitting down not doing anything! I enjoy skiing, surfing, horse riding and running, and have previously completed several half marathons and recently a full marathon. I also love baking and travelling. I have been at BVNA since February 2019 and I am currently the Membership and Events Marketing Co-Ordinator. I am responsible for BVNA's membership admin tasks and I manage BVNA’s social media platforms, while assisting with our events, projects and campaigns.

Huw Jones

Chief Executive Officer

I joined the BVNA as Chief Executive in May 2020 during Lockdown!! A strange time to join but the members, officers and staff have been incredibly helpful and I’m looking forward to actually meeting them at some time soon. Before that I had 2 years at Age UK London delivering their Trusted Traders Business Directory and Insurance Products. This was very rewarding as it made a real difference to vulnerable older people, and I met the traders who all wanted to give something back to the community. Before that I was at the North London Chamber of Commerce where I spent 17 years, most of it as Chief Executive. This experience enabled me to use my previous experience in the private sector, and also gave me an insight into working for a membership organisation. The membership business model is unlike anything I had ever come across before during my time in the private sector!! However, I thoroughly enjoyed it as well as growing the membership, and providing a variety of events the opportunity to make a real difference to business, helping them grow and thrive in North London was very rewarding. Representing the views of members to senior influencers, politicians and partners to ensure future support is based on the needs of business.

Originally from South Wales I moved to London when I took up a position with Islington Council and have never moved back, London is my home. I now live in Crouch End North London, with my wife Sadia and my daughter Amelia. We can see Alexandra Palace from my house and are fortunate in that we are surrounded by many beautiful green spaces such as Hampstead Heath, Kenwood House and various local parks. We are quite an active and sporty family and try to be out most weekends. As a Welshman I passionate about Rugby although at school I never played. Being in the Millennium Stadium with 80,000 singing the national anthem is very moving. I do look forward to the 6 nations, and hope that the best team wins, as long as they are wearing RED!!

In spite of my busy lifestyle I manage to keep myself fairly fit and enjoy the odd round of golf, a weekly yoga class and a run when I can motivate myself to do it!! I enjoy the theatre, concerts, eating out and nice holidays and am hoping we can all get back to this sometime soon. I also like to read and as an avid people watcher I enjoy reading biographies, but having a young family means that this usually only happens on holiday. We don’t have any pets, my family had dogs when I was younger. However, I will be looking to spend a couple of days in a practice after Lockdown to broaden my own knowledge and start to understand the real difference our fabulous nurses make.

Lisa Brett

Events Manager

I have had a variety of administration jobs from Essex Police to Financial Times Publishing. After being made redundant whilst on maternity leave from FT, I started undertaking temping for an agency and my first assignment was at BVNA! A job came up about 6 months later and I have now been at BVNA for 24 years

Currently I am Events Manager at BVMA where I am responsible for the operations of BVNA Congress, from ordering enough lunches for everyone, planning and setting up the venue to ensuring that our exhibitors, delegates, guests and speakers have an amazing experience!

I have been married to Rob for 30 years and have 2 daughters, Jasmine who is 29 and a Senior Paediatric Staff Nurse at Guy's Hospital and Rachel, 25 who currently works in the retail sector but is looking at a change of career in Midwifery!

We have a French Bulldog called Ronnie and two goldfish who are named after named after West Ham footballers! I love being creative and you can usually find me making fancy dress costumes, carving pumpkins at Halloween, knitting children’s cardigans and sewing dance costumes! For the past 16 years I have been attending street dance and tap classes and am a member of Harlow Running & Tri Club, last year I ran my very first half marathon and looking to book another later this year.

I also volunteer at the local Dance School, where my daughters used to perform and I attend my classes, on the reception desk and work backstage during the many dance, music and drama productions. They have yet to get me actually on the stage in front of an audience; I think my daughters would die of embarrassment if I did!

Nicola Ruedisueli

Editor in Chief

Nicola Ruedisueli

I qualified as a veterinary nurse in 1985 whilst working at Liverpool University Small Animal Hospital. I moved to Nottingham to work in an orthopaedic referral practice before moving to Mars UK for twelve years. During this time, I managed veterinary practices in the South West area selling clinical diets and educating vets and nurses on nutrition. I progressed to working as a veterinary nurse at the Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition, then on to the Technical Helpline. After training veterinary students in clinical nutrition I moved to Nottingham Trent University to write the FdSc Veterinary Nursing programme in 2008. The course went on to become the highest-recruiting FdSc VN programme in the UK in 2015.

In 2019, I jumped at the chance to become the Head of Learning and Development at the BVNA. The main part of the role is as Editor in Chief of the VNJ; overseeing the articles, mentoring authors and developing the strategy to grow the impact of the journal. The L&D department develops CPD that will enable BVNA members to increase the influence they have on nursing practice.

I still work in a local veterinary hospital on a weekend rota to keep up to date with my nursing skills. My husband worries about which animals I will bring home at the end of a shift.

I have two sons, two dogs, two cats, two chickens and a blue-tongued skink. When not looking after the animals I take a gentle jog around the village fields. I don’t often confess to enjoying the original Star Trek series but I am often found watching Marvel films or Disney cartoons.