Team members

Head of Plant Health Group

Nicola Spence -

Head of Group
Plant Health

Nicola manages the staff, financial resources and facilities of the Group and leads research, consultancy and laboratory services in provision of statutory support and other customer needs. Her goal is to ensure the highest professional standards and that staff are aware of factors critical to the success of CSL meeting targets and achieving objectives. Nicola represents CSL at meetings and liaises with Defra, other government departments and relevant industry sectors to seek funding for the Group. She also supervises 2 PhD students. Nicola is a Special Professor in plant pathology at University of Nottingham.

Publications

SPENCE, NJ, LENNE, JM, PINK, DAC, NJUKI, J, WANYONYI, C & KIMANI, PM (2005). Opportunities and constraints for future economic development of sustainable vegetable seed businesses in Eastern and Southern Africa. Second International Conference on Biotechnology, Plant breeding and seed systems for African crops, Rockefeller Foundation, Nairobi 24-27 January 2005, P181.

BENNISON, J., MAULDEN, K., TOMICZEK, M., MORRIS, J., BARKER, I., BOONHAM, N. AND SPENCE, NJ. (2005) Use of entomopathogenic nematodes for the management of western flower thrips and tospoviruses. Proceedings of the VIII International Symposium on Thysanoptera and Tospoviruses Asilomar, California Sept 11-15, 2005.

MWEBAZE, P., SPENCE, NJ, MONAGHAN, JM & HARE M. (2006). Procurement options for fresh produce importation in the future and potential risks to UK plant health. Poster presentation at the Agricultural Economics Society 80th Annual Conference, 30th and 31st March 2006, Paris.

For more publications that Nicola has authored or contributed to, please use the CSL publications database.

Christina Steveni -

Group Co-ordinator

Christina is responsible for helping the Head of Plant Health Group in the management of contracts. She generates the business plan, takes care of costing and pricing of contracts and reports on performance.

Marie Holmes -

Contract Liaison Advisor

Marie is responsible for the financial administration of Plant Health contracts as to ensure efficient functioning of the group's business.

Mildred Reiniers -

Group Secretary