Issa Robson

Farm Veterinary Surgeon

Sector: Farming, Veterinary

Company: BVEDS

Issa is a farm veterinary surgeon with over 18 years of clinical experience. She is a Lecturer in Farm Veterinary Clinical Practice at Surrey Vet School and a winner of a Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence.

Issa holds an MSc in Ruminant nutrition, a BVM&S in veterinary medicine and previously a BSc in Animal Physiology.

Issa is a race equality advocate & regular speaker on equality and diversity on podcasts, panels, and

international conferences. She is an original founder & trustee of The British Veterinary Ethnicity and Diversity Society (BVEDS), now 10 years old.

She speaks on a number of topics including allyship, diversity & inclusion, anti-racism, neurodiversity, and mental health.

As a director of Affinity Futures Consultancy Ltd, an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion consultancy company, she has been offering allyship training and equality consultancy to veterinary organisations.