Board of Directors

Dr Chris Richards is the Managing Director of ASX listed Apiam Animal Health Ltd, as well as the Australian subsidiary entities and joint venture companies, which provide veterinary services to Australian regional and rural communities.

Chris is responsible for the strategic direction of Apiam, which has seen them develop, grow, acquire and integrate production and companion animal veterinary clinics, veterinary wholesale, logistics, laboratory and genetics services businesses since 1998 into the Apiam of today

Chris is also a Director of registered charity, Fur Life Foundation Ltd, which raises funds to support people in rural, regional, and remote communities

Professor Vizard is a Principal Fellow at the Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne and previously Associate Professor of Veterinary Epidemiology and Director of The Mackinnon Project, a recognised leader in sheep and beef veterinary consultancy.

An experienced company director, he has previously held directorships in ASX companies, statutory bodies and research organisations including Animal Health Australia, the body responsible for coordinating Australia’s animal health system; Primesafe, the statutory authority responsible for regulating the production of safe meat in Victoria; and the Australian Wool Corporation.

He is currently Chair of the Vizard Foundation and Executive Secretary for the Hermon Slade Foundation and the Australia & Pacific Science Foundation.

Bruce has over 30 years of management, commercial and Board experience including as Non-Executive Director of Greencross Limited (one of Australia’s largest veterinary and pet care providers) and Ruralco Limited (Australian agribusiness).  Bruce was also the founder and Chair of Australian Venue Co, where following its sale to KKR in 2017, he remained on the AVC Board and as a shareholder until its sale in early 2024.  He also previously held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Spotless Group Holdings Ltd and Healthscope Limited.

Bruce is currently Executive Director of Linen Services Australia (formally Spotless Linen) as well as a Director of a number of private companies.

Rick held a number of senior roles for over 35 years with Ernst & Young (EY) and was the Managing Partner of EYs Queensland practice on two occasions from 2001-2007 and from 2014-15. Rick also held several executive management roles at EY, including Deputy COO and CFO for the Asia-Pacific practice where he was responsible for overseeing the financial and operational integration of EYs Australian and Asian member firms.

Rick is non-executive Chair of AF Legal Group Limited, Motorcycle Holdings Limited, Energy Resources of Australia Limited, and a nonexecutive director of Cettire Limited and Step One Clothing Limited. He is also an external member of the Audit & Risk Committee of Racing Qld.

Ms Collier has served as a Chair and Non- Executive Director on various boards since 2011 and currently serves as Non-Executive Director of global SaaS analytics company, Sage Automation (Chair of the Digital Products board) and digital dental and aesthetic dental clinic aggregator, Curae Health (Board Chair).

Ms Collier was also previously Non-Executive Director of ASX-listed 4D Medical (4DX), 1300Smiles Limited (ONT) and Think Childcare Limited (TNK).

Ms Collier’s executive career was with blue-chip, multinational companies in C-suite Strategy, Sales/Marketing and R&D/Innovation positions, specialising in business turnarounds and digital and eCommerce products, channels and transformation.

Ms Collier holds a Bachelor of Arts, Master of Business, Master of Digital Marketing and Graduate Certificate of Applied Finance, and is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.