The Judges
Bryan Lovegrove
Secretary General, AHDA
Bryan Lovegrove
Secretary General, AHDA
Bryan has been involved in the agricultural industry and membership associations all of his working life. He was appointed as Secretary General to the Animal Health Distributors Association AHDA in May 2016. AHDA members employ specially trained and qualified staff (SQPs) known as Registered Animal Medicines Advisors (RAMAs) to prescribe animal medicines classified as available without a diagnosis requirement. As such we offer unrivalled availability, access, and free advice of an essential range of licensed animal medicines essential for the everyday health and welfare of animals. AHDA actively supports the UK multi-channel distribution system to prescribe and sell licensed animal medicines via our members who AHDA works on behalf of to help ensure that they are informed and heard. The current focus of AHDA is to support AHDA RAMAs, help to promote responsible use, raise the profile of AHDA RAMAs and support professional prescribing.
Dawn Howard
Chief Executive, NOAH
Dawn Howard
Chief Executive, NOAH
Dawn Howard is Chief Executive of NOAH, the leading trade association representing the UK animal health industry.
Since joining NOAH in 2014 she has successfully steered the organisation through EU Exit uncertainty and the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic, whilst providing a robust promotion of the animal health sector which has helped to increase both the profile and membership of the Association. She is a passionate advocate for high standards of both animal health and welfare and the benefits trade associations bring to represent industry and influence policy. Dawn also strongly supports evidence based proportionate regulation, innovation and the advantages new scientific developments can deliver for society. These will continue to be important issues as the UK develops its profile on the global stage.
Prior to joining NOAH Dawn was based in Brussels where she represented UK agriculture in the office of the National Farmers Union. Her responsibilities included animal health, animal welfare and trade. She later headed up the European body for farm animal breeders, EFFAB.
Dawn also worked for a number of years in UK Government, in animal health and welfare, pesticides and plant health.
John Lewis
Founder & Chairman of Lewis Business Media
John Lewis
Founder & Chairman of Lewis Business Media
John Lewis is the founder and Chairman of Lewis Business Media, owners of Over The Counter magazine. Over the course of a business publishing career lasting 40 years, he has organised and judged many awards schemes in several different markets. He is a current judge of The National Pig Awards and has chaired the judging panel of the National SQP awards for the last 4 years.
Simon King
Editor, Over The Counter
Simon King
Editor, Over The Counter
Simon King is the editor of OvertheCounter magazine. With more than 25 years’ experience in business-to-business journalism, Simon has sat on judging panels in several different industries. After a record number of entries at last year's awards, Simon says he is very much looking forward to reading all the entries this year and he encourages SQPs to step forward and be proactive in entering the National SQP Awards 2020.
Hillary Cowley
Deputy CEO, AMTRA
Hillary Cowley
Deputy CEO, AMTRA
Qualified from the University of Zimbabwe in 2002 and sat the RCVS Diploma of Membership exam in 2003 to then be accepted and entered onto the RCVS register. She spent some months in mixed practice in sub-Saharan Africa before committing to Companion Animal practice in the UK. She subsequently spent nearly a decade working in pharmacovigilance and latterly regulatory affairs in the pharmaceutical industry and is now Deputy CEO of AMTRA (Animal Medicines Regulatory Training Authority)