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Board & Officers

Responsibility for running the SMS rests with a dedicated board of volunteer Directors, paid Officers, and a small staff. Each Director sits on at least one sub-committee spanning:

  • Management Group / Budget
  • Bridle Fitting
  • Saddle Fitting
  • Professional Standards
  • Conference
  • Craft & Membership
  • Education, Training & CPD
  • International
  • Marketing / Fundraising
  • Member Wellbeing
  • Modules CPD
  • Research
  • Trade

Directors

Andrea Patterson

President

Committee & Other Roles

Professional Standards, Research, Management Group, Craft & Membership, Modules & CPD

Assessor

Helen Reader

Vice President

Committee & Other Roles

Management Group, Craft & Membership, Bridle Fitting, Saddle Fitting, Events, Member Wellbeing

Trainer, Assessor, IQA, Saddle Fitting Course Leader

Catherine Baker

Ex Officio

Committee & Other Roles

Management Group, Bridle Fitting, Craft & Membership, Research, Member Wellbeing, Trade, Professional Standards and Marketing

Trainer, Assessor, Bridle Fitting Course Leader

Karen Schlotter

Executive Director

Committee & Other Roles

Management Group, Bridle Fitting, Craft & Membership, Modules & CPD, Professional Standards, Careers Working Group,

Trainer, Assessor

Mark Romain, MBE

Training Officer

Committee & Other Roles

Management Group, Craft & Membership, Modules & CPD

Trainer, Assessor, Lead IQA

Bea Blakeman

Treasurer

Committee & Other Roles

Management Group, Saddle Fitting, Marketing

Trainer, Assessor

Laurence Pearman

Liaison Officer

Committee & Other Roles

Management Group, Saddle Fitting, Professional Standards, Craft & Membership, International, Member Wellbeing, Modules & CPD, Research, Trade

Trainer, Assessor

Dr Jane Nixon, MRCVS

Veterinary Advisor

Committee & Other Roles

Bridle Fitting, Saddle Fitting, Research

Poppy Webber

Executive Director

Committee & Other Roles

Craft & Membership, Marketing & Trade

Godfrey Morris

Executive Director

Committee & Other Roles

Craft & Membership, Marketing

Sue Norton

Executive Director

Committee & Other Roles

Saddle Fitting, Research

Trainer, Assessor

Frances Roche

Executive Director

Committee & Other Roles

Bridle Fitting Course Leader, Craft & Membership

Trainer, Assessor

Denise Silman

Executive Director

Committee & Other Roles

International, Marketing, Modules & CPD,

Trainer, Assessor

Helen Dart

Executive Director

Committee & Other Roles

Saddle Fitting, Professional Standards, Member Wellbeing, Modules & CPD, Research

Trainer, Assessor

Richard Brown

Executive Director

Committee & Other Roles

Trade

Sarah Stevens

Executive Director

Committee & Other Roles

Modules & CPD, Trade, Careers Working Group

Contact A Director

Please use this contact form to send a message directly to one of our executive directors. Just select the name of the person you wish to contact, complete the form, and press submit.

If you wish to contact our head office for guidance, information or any other enquiry, please visit our Contact page.

If you would like to share a compliment about one of our members or staff, or to make a complaint, please visit our Complaints & Feedback page.