From January 29 to February 9, we conducted the 2024 Great Place To Work survey among our employees.

As a result of the survey, fourteen of our subsidiaries worldwide have been certified Great Places To Work. This recognition reflects our ongoing commitment to building a corporate culture based on trust and the well-being of our employees.

Virbac announces the appointment of Olivier Charmeil as a new member of the board of directors with effect from December 21, 2023. He replaces Olivier Bohuon, permanent representative of OJB Conseil, within the board of directors and the appointments and compensation committee. 

From July 2023, André Mathieu, appointed director of Virbac's Global Industrial operations, Supply chain & Sourcing since January 2, 2023, will join Virbac’s Group executive committee.

Virbac announces the appointment of Manuela Rodriguez as CSR director, effective April 3, 2023. Her main mission will be to develop and manage the Group's CSR strategy. 

Two new tools have been introduced this year: the job catalog and competency framework, to enable everyone to play an active role in their professional development.

Each year, 77% of our employees across all categories and countries receive at least one training course. This is in particular thanks to a serious gaming platform and a language training interface that allow each employee to learn at his or her own pace. 

In 2023, at Virbac, we developed the "Boost your mobility" portal, an initiative that allows our employees around the world to explore internal opportunities.

Virbac announces Giovanni Abruzzini’s appointment as president and CEO of Virbac North America, effective March 27, 2023. His main mission is to lead and develop all North American Virbac activities, in line with our Group’s global strategy. 

Between May and June 2022, some thirty employees from each of our subsidiaries met for international Great Place To Work^® workshops to discuss the local employee experience and best practices within certified companies. 

Virbac announces the appointment of Sophie Favini as the Group's new head of Global Commercial Operations. Previously the executive vice-president of Virbac's USA Commercial Operations, Sophie Favini, based in Westlake, Texas, replaces Hubert Trentesaux who has retired.

In June 2022, Virbac decided to deploy the Learning part in Workday at group level, an agile solution that also meets local requirements. 

A nice evolution of our new worldwide internal opinion survey.

The "virbac.signalement.net" tool made available to all teams worldwide.

In early June, Virbac launched a digital program dedicated to all new employees. Objective: within the first weeks of their arrival, build a common foundation of knowledge about the Group, its operations and its corporate culture.

As part of its diversity policy, Virbac has been conducting concrete actions for the recruitment, better integration and job retention of workers with disabilities since 2014 in France.

Virbac United States announced that Eric Bonner has been named vice president of Industrial Operations.

Yesterday, Virbac’s supervisory board officially appointed Sébastien Huron as chairman of the Group’s executive board. Sébastien Huron succeeds Éric Marée, chairman of the executive board for the past 18 years, who has retired. 

Virbac announces the appointment of Sophie Favini as executive vice-president of US commercial operations. Based in Fort-Worth (Texas), she is effective in her role since July 13, 2017. Sophie Favini is now in charge of leading, developing and overseeing all US Sales, Marketing and Technical Services functions in order to increase the business activity of the subsidiary.
Virbac also announces the appointment of Colin Meyers as vice-president of sales. These two appointments will help Virbac achieve a sustainable growth in the US. 

Virbac has announced the supervisory board’s intention to appoint Sébastien Huron as chairman of Virbac’s executive board, as of next December, when the mandate of the current chairman of the executive board, Éric Marée, expires. 

Virbac announces the appointment of Marie-Paule Porte as Group general counsel. Member of the strategic committee and the Comex France, in charge of legal matters at a global level, she provides support to the executive board and area directors in relation to strategic decisions they take.

Virbac announces the appointment of Habib Ramdani as chief financial officer. Appointed to the executive board on June 23, 2016, Habib has overseen all financial activities of the Group since taking office on May 2, 2016, reporting directly to Éric Marée, chairman of the Virbac group executive board.

Virbac announces the appointment of Andres Engelbreit as Latin American area director as of January 1, 2016. In conjunction with the business development, innovation and global marketing teams, Andres Engelbreit’s missions are to increase the Virbac’s market share in Latin America and improve its profitability in the area in a lasting way. He has been a development director in the area since 2012.

As well as gender equality, age equality, now it's the turn of disability.
As part of its diversity policy in France, at the end of 2014 Virbac signed an agreement with its social partners on this important theme within the company. Details of the content of this agreement with the diversity manager for France.

Virbac announces the appointment of Jules Minke as Group biological Research and Development director. Jules Minke’s main task going forward is to coordinate and supervise all R&D activities and global teams involved in Virbac’s biological projects. He will also monitor regulatory activities in this area.

Virbac announced that Dr. Steven Buchholz has been appointed to the position of vice president, Quality & Compliance of Virbac U.S.

Virbac has announced the appointment of Francesca Cortella as head of its group Human Resources department. Francesca Cortella will join the Strategic Committee and Executive Committee for France. 

170. This is the number of newcomers joining Virbac subsidiaries who, since 2009, have taken part in the induction programme organized at headquarters by the Corporate Communications, in addition to local sessions. What are the benefits of this programme? Answers from the internal communications manager.

Following the opening of the new Virbac 8 site for production of sterile injectable forms at Carros near Nice, Virbac is unveiling the production site at Guadalajara (Mexico), which also specialises in sterile injectable forms.

Formalize an employer message to support the company's international growth. This is the objective of Virbac. Details from the Head of Corporate Human Resources.

In five years, the number of V.I.E. (Volunteer for international experience) contracts at Virbac has more than doubled. How is this trend explained? Explanations of the HR generalist in charge of recruiting the V.I.E. for the Company.

Interview with the Human Resources and diversity manager.

Virbac signs an agreement in France for gender equal opportunity in June 2012. An initial action which resulted in the diversity policy launched in 2011. Details of this agreement with the corporate reward manager.

Virbac signs an agreement in France for gender equal opportunity in June 2012. An initial action which resulted in the diversity policy launched in 2011. Details of this agreement with the corporate reward manager.

Last September, twenty managers took part in a “successful recruitment” training session at headquarters organised by the Human Resources department. Objective? Share the different stages of the recruitment process. Explanations from the Talent manager.