Scottish Animal Welfare Commission: annual report 2024 to 2025

Appendix I – Membership of the Scottish Animal Welfare Commission

The Scottish Animal Welfare Commission Members are:

• Professor Cathy Dwyer from Scotland’s Rural College and the University of Edinburgh (Chair)
• Dr Harvey Carruthers, veterinary surgeon
• Mike Radford, lawyer specialising in Animal Welfare
• Paula Boyden, Former Veterinary Director at Dogs Trust (until May 2025)
• Professor Marie Haskell, Professor in Animal Welfare Science at Scotland’s Rural College
• Dr James Yeates, Chief Executive Officer of World Federation for Animals
• Libby Anderson, policy advisor to OneKind
• Mike Flynn, Former Chief Superintendent at the Scottish SPCA (until September 2024)
• Dr Pete Goddard, veterinary surgeon
• Dr Andrew Kitchener, Principal Curator of Vertebrates at National Museums Scotland
• Dr Ellie Wigham, Lecturer in Veterinary Public Health, University of Glasgow
• Professor Simon Girling, Head of Veterinary Services, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (SAWC member until May 2025)

Full biographies are available on SAWC's website.