Pennard Vets appoints first group clinical director
During her PhD she worked part time in two private practices in Bristol and then moved to London to work at the London Cat Clinic
Independent veterinary group Pennard Vets has announced the appointment of Serina Filler as its first clinical director.
Filler, who joins the 134-year-old veterinary group in Kent, is a vet, published author and industry speaker with 12 years’ experience studying and working in Austria, America, Germany and the UK.
After completing her education in Austria and America, Filler went to the UK to complete her postgraduate certificate in small animal medicine and surgery, and a PHD in feline hemoplasmosis.
During her PhD she worked part time in two private practices in Bristol and then moved to London to work at the London Cat Clinic.
Filler then took a non-practice role at Mars Petcare R&D for two years as operational lead on its large-scale Biobank clinical study into how we can detect pets’ illnesses earlier.
Filler said: “My move to Pennard Vets in a leadership role is an exciting opportunity for me, and I feel like it’s the right place to be – especially looking at how the profession might change in the future and the opportunities we’ll see with new technologies emerging.
“The team is committed to innovation in pet care and investing in their people. I know that I’ll enjoy supporting, mentoring, and leading the clinical teams, as well as overseeing and developing new protocols, practical workflow improvements and strategic business planning and development across the entire group. From everything I know about Pennard Vets, it’s a place where people do the right thing, there is a genuine commitment to its teams, clients and pets to deliver excellence in veterinary care, and I can’t wait to be a part of that.”
Matthew Flann, from Pennard Vets, added: “Having become an employee ownership trust, B-Corp Certified and expanding to eight practices, as well as opening our brand-new state of the art practice in Sevenoaks, all in recent years, we felt now was the right time to create a new role of group clinical director.
“Serina’s qualifications, experience and personality made her the ideal fit for this position, and we can’t wait to see how the changes she implements benefit everyone associated with Pennard Vets.”
