Virbac Sa Announces Chief Executive Officer Changes
July 08, 2024 at 12:00 pm IST
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Virbac SA announces the resignation of Sébastien Huron from his position as chief executive officer. He will leave the Virbac Group's executive management by September 30, 2024, to take a break from his professional life.
The board of directors has decided to appoint Habib Ramdani, currently chief financial officer and deputy chief executive officer, as interim CEO, to replace Sébastien Huron, while the appointments and compensation committee recruits the next chief executive officer. Backed by the board of directors, Habib will be able to count on the full support of the Group executive committee in executing the roadmap of our Virbac 2030 project. About Habib Ramdani: Habib Ramdani is a graduate of the École Centrale de Paris. He started his career in 1999 as a strategy consultant at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). He joined the pharmaceutical company Ipsen in 2002 where he quickly became Group Strategic Planning director. He was then appointed Group Controller and oversaw the Group's Management Control department as well as Ipsen's Group Financial Accounting and Consolidation department before taking over the Finance and Strategy department of the North American subsidiaries while based in New Jersey, USA. He joined the Virbac Group in 2016 as chief financial officer and member of the executive board, before being appointed deputy chief executive officer and member of the Group executive committee on December 15, 2020.
Virbac specializes in the research, production and marketing of veterinary medicines. The activity is organized around 2 product families:
- pet medications: pest control drugs, vaccines, antibiotics, anesthetics, anti-inflammatory drugs, mouth/dental care products, ophthalmologic and dermatological products intended for dogs, cats, horses, birds, rodents, etc. The group also offers foods and electronic identification chips;
- livestock medications: pest control drugs and antibiotics intended for cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry, etc.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: France (15.4%), Europe (26.2%), Latin America (17.1%), Asia (16.4%), North America (13.2%), Pacific (9.3%), Africa and Middle East (2.4%).