IFAH appoints new Executive Director

Brussels, 28 June 2005: The International Federation for Animal Health (IFAH) announced today the appointment of Peter Harlech Jones to the post of Executive Director. Pat James, President of IFAH said “Peter Jones is an outstanding candidate
for the post and we are delighted that he has accepted”.

Peter Jones, a veterinary surgeon, has spent much of his career in various animal health industry posts both in Europe and in North America. Most recently, he headed up the veterinary medicines and inspections unit in the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) in London. He will join IFAH in October.

Dr Tony Mudd, Acting Executive Director at IFAH said “Peter’s breadth of experience in the animal health industry both sides of the Atlantic together with his knowledge of the regulatory process will make a substantial contribution to the work of IFAH”.

Jones stated “I am looking forward to the challenges and excitement of the IFAH post and to working with IFAH colleagues many of whom I know well from our contacts in recent years”.

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IFAH, the International Federation for Animal Health, is a non-profit international organisation registered
under Belgian law. For further information on IFAH, please visit the website www.ifahsec.org

For further press information, please contact Dr. Tony Mudd, Acting Executive Director

IFAH
Rue Defacqz, 1
B-1000 Brussels
Tel.: +32 (0)2 541 0111
Fax : +32 (0)2 541 0119
E-mail : ifah@ifahsec.org