Virbac announces the intention of the supervisory board to appoint Sébastien Huron chairman of the management board of Virbac in December next, at the end of the expiry of the mandate of the current president, Eric Tide.
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On the occasion of its annual general meeting of 23 June, Virbac announces that Eric Tide, president of the management board since 17 years of age, has informed the supervisory board of his wish to exercise his rights to retirement at the end of the current term which ends on December 20, 2017. Marie-Hélène Dick, chairwoman of the supervisory board, expressed the intention of the council, which met on the 22 June, to appoint Sébastien Huron chairman of the management board at the end of the mandate of the management board. By then, Eric Tide, Sébastien Huron and the other members of the executive board will work in close collaboration to prepare this transition.
Marie-Hélène Dick, chairwoman of the supervisory board of Virbac says :
“By his training as a veterinarian, his excellent knowledge of the market issues of the world animal health, his energy, his qualities of leadership and good operational knowledge of Virbac for the past eleven years, including four on the executive board, the supervisory board considers that the best choice to tackle future challenges and continue the development of our Group in the long term, while improving its profitability will be to appoint Sébastien Huron to the position of chairman of the management board from December 20, 2017. ”
Sébastien Huron, veterinary training, 46 years of age, began his career in 1994 in Brazil in the group Hoechst-Roussel, where he served quickly function as the marketing director of the animal health division. Following the acquisition of this division by Intervet (group Akzo Nobel), since integrated in the group Merck, Sébastien Huron has continued her career in 2000 in the United States as director of Market Development and then as director of the division Pets. After joining the group Virbac in 2006 as director of the Spanish subsidiary, he became director of the European region in 2008, then director of Operations Commercial World in 2013. It is part of the executive board of Virbac since December 2012.
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