Founder of Vetsquared Innovet, Dr. Larry van Niekerk has over three decades of hands-on experience in veterinary private practices both as a generalist and specialist veterinary surgeon in South Africa and more recently in Australia and New Zealand.
Having been an employee, shareholder, and business owner, he has expertise in dealing with veterinary business strategy, leadership, management and systems, marketing, communication and care, and growth of staff.
He is the founder and the current director of the Institute for Veterinary Practice Development.
His broad perspectives from real business and life experiences, give him deep insight into business and human behaviour. This enables him to assist veterinarians and their teams to become effective leaders of themselves and their businesses.
He will focus on empowering leaders, managers, and teams with knowledge, skills, and resources to be great role models for managing stress and creating a physiologically safe personal and work environment for the teams they serve.