Governance
Elected representatives and bodies
AVSF’s Board of Directors meets four times a year and comprises 22 individuals who are elected by our organisation’s members at the general meeting. The Board works closely with our executive and technical staff, and is responsible for defining our main strategic orientations – subject to approval by members at the general meeting – and for ensuring that our organisation is managed sustainably.
Barbara DUFOUR
President
Veterinary doctor, professor emeritus of contagious diseases and epidemiology at Alfort national veterinary school
Bureau members
Elisabeth Muller
Treasurer
Former AVSF administrative and financial director
Alain Yvergniaux
Secretary-General
Economist, former business executive, strategy and organisation consultant. President of Ethicajou (AVSF mandate)
Cécile Bérut
Agricultural economist and consultant
Olivier Faugère
Veterinary doctor, specialist in livestock farming in warm regions and veterinary public health, former director of the French National School for Official Veterinarians, former director of “France Veterinary International”
Jean-Luc François
Member
Veterinary doctor, former director of the agriculture, rural development and biodiversity division of the French Development Agency (AFD)
Other members of the Board of Directors
Moussa Baldé
Local development engineer, AVSF employee and representative in Senegal
Sophie Barthelon
Agronomist
Jean-Eudes Beuret
Professor at the Institut Agro Rennes-Angers and researcher specialising in collaborative natural resource management
Damouko Bondé
National Coordinator in Mali, AVSF
Gilles Brunschwig
Agricultural engineer, geographer, professor of animal sciences at VetAgro Sup and affiliated with the joint research university on herbivores with INRAE
Marc Chapon
Engineer of agricultural techniques for warm regions, AVSF employee and representative for Togo and Benin
Camille Cluzeaud
Agronomist, employee of the Bee Friendly label
Michel Laforge
Agricultural engineer, expert in natural resource management and rural development
Aurélien Lepennetier
Agricultural engineer, head of the Partnership and Economic Development division at VetAgro Sup
Hervé Petit
Veterinary doctor and former head of AVSF’s Livestock Farming, Animal Health and Veterinary Public Health unit
Philippe Steinmetz
Inspector General of Veterinary Public Health at the General Council for Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas
Hugues Vernier
Former head of “agriculture/food” and coordination of the Biovallée strategic and operational project for the Val de Drôme community
Become an AVSF member
AVSF’s 250 members participate in the life of the association and meet together for each annual general meeting.
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Membership is valid from January 1 to December 31 of the current year.
Work for AVSF
AVSF’s Board of Directors works with over 280 employees to carry out our projects with our partners in over 20 different countries.
