Andrew J Taylor
BA VetMB MRCVS
Director and Veterinary Consultant

Andrew qualified as a veterinary surgeon at the University of Cambridge Veterinary School in 1967.  He spent 5 years in cattle practice followed by 3 years working on mastitis control.  Since then, he has worked almost exclusively in the British livestock breeding industry.  Prior to taking early retirement in October 2002, he was Senior Veterinary Surgeon for Genus Breeding Ltd, the UK division of the world’s largest cattle AI company and owners of ABS Global, with full management responsibility for all the Genus bull studs in the UK.

He is a Director of the British Livestock Genetics Consortium (BLG) and acts as Veterinary Consultant to the Consortium. BLG is a national pan-industry body formed to assist in the development and maintenance of profitable long-term business generated by exports of British livestock and genetics.  It works closely with the British Government to identify priority markets, to establish workable export protocols and to gain market access. 

He acts as Veterinary Consultant to both the British Pig Association (BPA) and the British Pig Executive (BPEX), providing co-ordination between Government and the pig industry on export issues.

He was one of the founding directors, and chairs the Technical Committee, of CHeCS (Cattle Health Certification Standards), a self-regulatory body established in 1998 by the UK cattle industry to set uniform standards for cattle health schemes for non-statutory diseases. 

He is a Past President of the British Cattle Veterinary Association and is recognised as one of the leading experts in the UK on biosecurity and health control programmes in cattle herds.

Geraldine Middleton
Director and Company Secretary

For fifteen years from 1990 to 2005, I worked in the breeding division of Genus Breeding Ltd, the UK division of the world’s largest cattle AI company and owners of ABS Global. As their Livestock Administrator, my responsibilities included the co-ordination of the breeding programme.  This included liaising with breeders, not only in the UK but also in other European countries.  I was responsible for organising the movement of bulls into and between the various bull studs, also the movement of breeding females into and out of the MOET herd.  This work included organising the movement of bulls from studs in other countries into the UK, requiring liaison with both UK and European government departments to facilitate the operation.

This has given me extensive experience in the health testing, certification and haulage of animals, experience that will be of benefit to all UK farmers planning to export pedigree livestock.