Kevin Crews

Kevin Crews is a Massey University 1983 veterinary graduate and is Managing Director for CTSL, a New Zealand registered company that specialises in disease and pest management strategic and operational design, One Health systems, operational epidemiology, quality assurance, monitoring and audit, and training. He has worked in the areas of preventative medicine, industry disease control and quality assurance for nearly 40 years, in both the public and private sectors.

He is a member of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists by examination in epidemiology and is a foundation member of the College’s Veterinary Public Health (VPH) Chapter. He is a member of the Subject Standards Committee of the VPH Chapter; a role that includes supervision and mentorship of VPH exam candidates.

Kevin co-chairs the One Heath Aotearoa (OHA) Symposium Organising Committee. OHA is an alliance that brings together experts in academic research and operational science from the fields of animal, human and environmental health.

Kevin is a member of the New Zealand Veterinary Association’s Epidemiology, Food Safety, Animal Welfare and Biosecurity (E-FAB) Special Interest Branch, having previously served on the executive committee of the branch (and its predecessors) for 15 years, four of these as President. Kevin is also a member of New Zealand Veterinary Association’s Sheep & Beef Cattle Society.

Kevin has delivered papers on NZ’s successful bovine tuberculosis (TB) strategy at multiple international conferences throughout the past 25 years, as well as being author/co-author of several published papers on bovine TB.