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