2016 vs now
With 2016 a decade ago, we reflect on the journey of some of Brooke’s key vets - from then to now.
Dr Laura is an experienced vet leading animal health and welfare across Brooke’s country programmes.
Thanks to support from Dr Laura, working animals have been included in welfare guidelines used to train veterinary professionals in 182 countries around the world.
Prior to Brooke, she worked for an equine practice and volunteered for an NGO in Mozambique - and is a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
2016
In 2016, Dr Laura was a Veterinary Training Advisor, spending time in the field training teams hands-on and helping roll out a new mentoring approach for community vets abroad.
2026
Now, Dr Laura leads a larger team covering health, welfare, community work and research, focusing more on big-picture planning and how learning is shared across the organisation.
Dr Laura is helping transform veterinary education, strengthen animal health systems and One Health – the connection between animals, human and environmental health.
She currently lives in West Sussex with her two children and many animals, including horses, dogs, cats and fish!
Kim is an animal welfare professional providing strategic and technical support for sustainable animal welfare programmes at Brooke. Her background is in animal welfare science, veterinary nursing and adult learning.
2016
In 2016, Kim was a Senior Welfare Advisor focused on animal welfare training, community engagement, and international collaboration - including visits to India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Latin America.
She also contributed heavily to global standards for working animals and tackling the donkey skin trade, which is still a pressing problem worldwide.
By 2026, Kim has initated global programmes centred on compassionate handling and improved harnessing, with the support of colleagues and technical specialists.
She has also established Brooke’s Ethical Review Body, making Brooke one of the first international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) to have this entity.
Across the decade, her role has evolved from hands-on, technical leadership to shaping global systems and empowering teams to address animal welfare as a complex, growing global issue.
Kim lives in Hertfordshire with her three children, with plans to adopt two rescue cats soon.