Staff Directory

Find information on key SASA staff and their work through the links below. You can sort by first name or surname. Alternatively use the keywords search box or select a section from the drop-down box and click Apply.

Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of SASA staff.

Staff email addresses take the form: firstname.lastname followed by @sasa.gov.scot.

View the organisation chart for an overview of the structure.

First name Surnamesort descending Job Title
Emma Back Project Leader - Euphresco
Laura Bowden GM Manager
Mairi Carnegie Entomology Manager
Triona Davey Head of Potato, Virology & Zoology Branch
Craig Douglas Antibody Production Specialist
John Ellicott SPCS & Export Manager
Fiona Highet Head of Virology & Zoology / Senior Entomologist
Jacqueline Hughes Acting Head of SASA and Head of Agricultural Science Delivery; Senior Management Team
David Kenyon Head of Diagnostics, Wildlife & Molecular Biology
Christophe Lacomme Senior Virologist
Marian McEwan Seed Pathologist
Laura Melton Senior Analyst
Vincent Mulholland Molecular Biology Unit Manager
Gillian Musgrove Chief Officer, Official Seed Testing Station for Scotland
Mike Parker Head of Seeds, Varieties and Trial Support
Jon Pickup Lead Nematologist
Gillian Reay Pesticide Adviser
Alex Reid Head of Genotyping
Susan Ross Head of Quality Assurance
Support Services -
Elizabeth Sharp Senior Analyst
Katie Viezens Head of Chemistry
Johan Wardlaw Pesticide Usage Surveyor
Lucy Webster Senior Wildlife Forensic Scientist