YORK veterinary medicine group Animalcare has appointed Dr Iain Menneer to the board as director of marketing.

Dr Menneer joined the business in December 2003, working in marketing and business development roles, bringing such products as Benazecare, Buprecare, Enrocare and Anivac through the development pipeline to commercialisation. He has been head of marketing since July 2009 and director of marketing since June 2011.

He previously worked in the Research and Innovation Office at the University of York, commercialising academics’ research.