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Bill McKelvey is a graduate of the University of Glasgow Veterinary School and holds post graduate qualifications from the University of Guelph, Canada, and from the University of Aberdeen.

He worked for a period in veterinary practice before holding research positions at the Rowett Research Institute, where he was awarded a PhD for his work on reproductive physiology and embryo transfer in sheep, and at the Macaulay Research Institute. At SAC he headed up the Veterinary Services Group and Corporate Operations before taking up the post of Chief Executive Officer and Principal in 2002.

He is a past President of the Society for the Study of Animal Breeding, a past member of Council of the British Veterinary Association, and a past member of the BVA Scientific Programmes Committee and the Council of the Scottish BVA.

His contribution to the agricultural community has been recognised in the award of a Fellowship of the Royal Agricultural Societies (1994) and he was awarded a personal Professorship (Veterinary Reproduction) in July 1999.

Professor McKelvey is a member of the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs Agriculture Strategy Group and the Scottish Animal Health and Welfare Strategy Group.