Marie graduated from Bristol University vet school, following placements within zoos and exotic animal practice. She spent two years working as a small animal and exotics vet in Kent, before undertaking a 3 year European College of Zoological Medicine residency. She has completed the RCVS certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice with distinction in the Avian, Reptile, Wildlife and Zoo examinations and a credit in small pet mammals, and then the RCVS Diploma in Zoological Medicine. She gained RCVS Specialist status in 2015 and worked as a consultant for zoo collections across the UK until 2017, then took on a full time position as veterinary surgeon for West Midland Safari Park before returning to zoo and exotic animal private practice in 2020. Marie has worked with a number of large aquaria and holds the WAVMA certificate in Aquatic Species. In 2024 she opened Evolution Exotics Referrals, one of very few clinics across the UK providing 24/7 on site veterinary care by a multidisciplinary exotics Specialist, accepting complex case referrals in any exotic or zoo species from primary care vets.

She has authored over 50 peer-reviewed research and review papers and is the editor and primary author of “Handbook of Exotic Pet Medicine” published by Wiley-Blackwell in 2020 and is currently writing a new textbook on Zoological collection veterinary care.

Marie works closely with the police, animal welfare organisations and local authorities as an expert in exotic animal welfare, and organised crime relating to exotic animals. In her free time she runs a small holding, provides dart services to the police and veterinary professionals, and lectures to vets and nurses on exotic animal care.