Stewart is a recognised leader in digital animal traceability and biosecurity, with a pioneering focus on equine lifetime traceability and welfare. With over a decade of experience, he has driven innovation at the intersection of government policy, animal health, and technology, working with governments, regulators, industry partners, and equine communities worldwide.

As CEO of Vivaria Group, Stewart has led the transformation of Equine Register into a global platform provider, delivering national-scale systems for identification, movement tracking, welfare assurance, and disease control. Under his leadership, Vivaria has built intuitive SaaS platforms that connect equine owners, industry stakeholders, and governments — making compliance simpler and supporting better animal welfare outcomes.

Before founding Equine Register, Stewart co-founded a technology company whose award-winning software — recognised by the British Computer Society Award — was later acquired by Google. He also advised blue-chip organisations globally on digital strategies and co-founded a consumer products business that supplied FMCG products to the world’s largest retailers.

Stewart’s combination of technology innovation, policy expertise, and commercial experience continues to shape Vivaria’s vision, positioning the Group at the heart of digital traceability and welfare transformation.

Alex Shipp is a pioneering technologist, inventor, and co-founder of Equine Register, the original entity that evolved into Vivaria Group.

With a career defined by innovation and disruptive thinking, Alex was the technical architect behind the UK’s largest technology acquisition — the sale of MessageLabs to Symantec. At MessageLabs, he designed and scaled a global email security platform capable of handling billions of emails per day and developed Skeptic, a world-first malware detection engine that transformed email security for businesses worldwide.

At Vivaria, Alex helped architect the foundations of the platform that now delivers national-scale equine traceability, compliance, welfare, and assurance solutions. As Innovation Director, he continues to advise the executive team on platform vision, technical resilience, and product innovation, ensuring Vivaria remains at the forefront of digital infrastructure for the equine and wider animal sectors.

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Chris leads product development and proposition strategy for Vivaria Group, driving the creation of innovative, user-focused platforms that serve governments, industry, and equine owners worldwide.

An experienced product leader with a strong background in UX, UI, and customer experience design, Chris has been instrumental in developing Vivaria’s modular, scalable platform architecture. He works closely with the CEO and Group FD on strategic positioning, pricing models, and market development, ensuring Vivaria’s offerings meet the needs of both policy stakeholders and equine communities.

Chris also oversees brand and marketing activity through Vivaria’s external partners and collaborates with strategic stakeholders and industry partners to align product innovation with market opportunities. His leadership continues to shape Vivaria’s digital proposition and maintain its position at the forefront of animal traceability, welfare, and assurance solutions.

Mark is an experienced enterprise architect with a track record of delivering large-scale, citizen-facing digital platforms. He has worked on some of the UK’s most significant national UK programmes, including serving as Technical Design Authority for the DEFRA/AHDB Livestock Information Programme, where he helped deliver a multi-species traceability service critical to animal health, biosecurity, and food safety.

Mark brings this expertise to his role as Non-Executive Director at Vivaria, acting as a sounding board to the executive team on technology, product development, and platform assurance. His insight into government-led infrastructure and regulatory-critical programmes supports Vivaria’s ambition to deliver secure, scalable solutions for equine traceability, welfare, and assurance.