Amanda Halleybone

Amanda is the Administrator for our equine insurance-claims service.

Prior to starting at Towcester Vets Amanda worked in Insurance and Financial services for almost 38 years! Her role now allows her to draw upon her previous experience whilst also assisting our clients to navigate the claims process for their horses and ponies. Amanda has one of the best views from her office window as she can see rolling countryside and the hospital wing of our practice so she can also see the beautiful equines in our care.

Amanda has been with her husband for 40 years and has 2 gorgeous grown up son’s who work with a different sort of horse power! She has a cuddly cocker spaniel ‘Bertie’, together with 2 ponies, ‘Rosie’ a 14. 2″ Hafflinger Cob Cross and ‘Toto’ (the brains of the yard) who is a little Welsh companion pony, re-homed by a good friend of Amandas, from a medical testing unit and now on loan to keep Rosie company.

Family is important to Amanda and she enjoys spending time dog walking with her lovely Mum. Also she likes to fit in riding lessons, hacking and a little bit of Dressage with lovely Rosie. More recently Amanda has taken up improver swimming lessons to keep her fit.

Sara Smith

Sara joined the reception team at Weedon in February 2022 after working in financial services for over 30 years. Sara has always loved animals, so being able to work somewhere she can help pets and their owners is absolutely ideal. Over the years, Sara has rehomed several cats and lives with her husband, two teenage daughters and their very spoilt cat, Jim!

Victoria Broomfield

Victoria joined the team primarily based at Onley in January 2022. She previously worked for Towcester Equine Vets before having children, her background and experience mainly involves customer service, events and marketing. In her current role she helps all departments at Towcester Vets with marketing, social media and both internal and external events throughout the busy calendar. She still enjoys being on the front of house team at the Onley, supporting the reception team to ensure the smooth running of the Onley clinic.

Victoria has owned horses for many years and has enjoyed eventing and show jumping competitively in the past, however as a busy Mum nowadays she mainly enjoys local events and hacking/fun rides typically with both her young daughters not far behind!

In her spare time Victoria enjoys taking her daughters to Pony Club, spending time with her family dog named Oscar and riding her own horse called Tino.

Victoria also loves to lake swim and enter the odd triathlon for fun when time allows.

Victoria is also a qualified BHS approved (APC) level 3 coach and previously worked as a riding instructor in Hong Kong, she loves travelling and photography.

Maria Jeskins-Powell

Lisa Keen

Lisa has worked for Towcester Veterinary Centre since 1996, initially as a part time receptionist, then as full-time Practice Administrator and now Finance Manager. Her job covers a multitude of tasks including payroll and the business accounts. Lisaowns two cats Madness and Mabel, but can also be found pet-sitting her daughter’s dog Scout. Lisa enjoys listening to music, attending the theatre and socialising with family and friends.

Ian Farnell

Ian joined our team in early 2020 and has hit the ground running! He is responsible for all IT and facilities across all our 5 sites.

Ian and his wife own a gorgeous Labrador x Spaniel and enjoy walking her together.

Some of our clients may have enjoyed watching Ian play his guitar with his band at various events. ‘Batch22’ have provided some fabulous entertainment over the years.

Sue Adams Chartered MCIPD

Sue joined Towcester Vets in October 2019 as our HR Manager. With her extensive experience of over 20 years of working in HR across a variety of industries, Sue is responsible for the recruitment of the team and their working life cycle.

Sue owns a gorgeous (albeit slightly bonkers) Labrador x Border Collie and in her spare time enjoys performing with Rock Choir, walking and baking.

Meg Billing

Meg joined the team at Towcester in June 2023. She originally came from a non-horsey background and enjoyed her first riding lesson at 8 years old. Horses then inevitably became a huge part of her life!

Meg worked through her BHS stages to become a qualified instructor and was also employed in America at a Show Jumping yard for a year which was a fantastic experience. When she moved back to the UK, Meg worked for British Riding Clubs and was fortunate to be part of the team who coordinated the National Championships. Meg then went on to become an Equine Lecturer at Moulton College before joining us.

In her spare time she can be found helping her husband on the farm or out riding on her Irish Sports Horse called Irene.