Our Staff
Management team

Jo Thomas
Group Director

David Hall
Team Manager (Applied Science)
Senior academic staff members and programme coordinators

Georgia Notman
Programme Coordinator and Senior Academic Staff Member (Animal Technology)

Jacqueline Margetts
Programme Coordinator and Academic Staff Member (Horticulture)

Chathurika Samarakoon
Programme Coordinator and Senior Academic staff Member (Applied Science)

Jonathan Summers
Programme Coordinator and Academic Staff Member (Horticulture)
Academic staff members

Bruce Raine
Academic Staff Member (Applied Science)

Denis O'Brien
Academic Staff Member (Horticulture)

Kirstin Eade
Work Placement Coordinator (Animal Technology)

Veronica Keucke
Academic Staff Member (Horticulture)

Gary Knewstub
Academic Staff Member (Horticulture)

Sanaz Ghoreishi
Academic Staff Member

Laura Cummins
Academic Staff Member (Animal Technology)

Rex Pepper
Academic Staff Member (Horticulture)

Meryl Elton
Academic Staff Member (Animal Technology)
Allied professional and support staff

Shelley Cox
Off-Site Student Support Coordinator

Francois Botha
Operations Support Technician

Cheryl Brooks
Academic Administrator

Gayani Weralupitiya
Laboratory Technician

Kylie Baker
Academic Administrator

Minh Vu
Laboratory Technician

Michelle Chapman
Academic Administrator

Lisa Watene
Laboratory Technician

Lyn Robertson
Academic Administrator