Our Senior Biosecurity Advisor, Erin, has moved on from KVH after six years with us.

Erin has been an integral part of the KVH team, contributing significantly to our innovation and Government Industry Agreement for Biosecurity Readiness and Response (GIA) work programmes. Her deep technical and operational knowledge of the biosecurity system has been invaluable, progressing our readiness efforts greatly and leaving the industry in a stronger position to continue moving forward.

Many readers will have met Erin at events over the years, particularly biosecurity response exercises and workshops, focusing on how we would respond to detections of our most unwanted threats.

While we’re sad to see her go, we’re pleased Erin is staying in the biosecurity system. She has taken on a new role at Biosecurity New Zealand, and we look forward to continuing to cross paths with her, particularly through our GIA work.

As we wish Erin all the best in her exciting new chapter, we are happy to announce our new Senior Biosecurity Advisor, Roanne Sutherland.

Roanne brings great experience to the team, having spent the last four years as a technical advisor at the Department of Conservation, working on Kauri Dieback and Myrtle rust. She also spent several years at Scion as a Post Border Biosecurity Researcher.

We’ll introduce Roanne more fully when she starts with us at the end of July.