Dino Dedic, CFA
Malcolm Thomas
Jean Scheftsik de Szolnok
Dr. Silke Birlenbach
Marc de Beer
David Hallas
Michael Balz
Dave Ross
Ben Shaw
Benjamin Shaw is the president and chief executive officer of Covetrus. Previously, he served as the CEO, president, and co-founder of Vets First Choice for nearly 8 years. Ben also cofounded private investment partnership Black Point Group, where he was a partner for 14 years. He holds a B.A. in biology, political science, and environmental studies from Bates College.
Jean-Luc Michel
After graduating from the University of Pharmacy of Lyon with a Doctorate and from EM Lyon Business School with an MBA, Jean-Luc Michel started his career by creating his own consultancy company. He joined the pharmaceutical industry in 1991 spending 10 years developing a solid expertise in consumer healthcare and nutrition. During this period, he held a variety of senior marketing and sales management positions in France at Monsanto (Searle) and at Johnson&Johnson / Merck & Co where he was an Executive Committee member of the French subsidiary.
In 2001, Jean-Luc joined Merial, a leader in the animal health industry, where he held some key senior roles, such as EMEA Marketing Director of the Companion Animal Global Enterprise; Head of Marketing EMEA; Executive Marketing Director (Pet Business) in the US; VP, Head of Pet Vet Business Unit; and in 2016 joined the Executive Committee of Merial as Head of Global Commercial Development.
After the acquisition of Merial by Boehringer Ingelheim, Jean-Luc was appointed Head of Global Companion Animal Strategic Business Unit and became a member of the Executive Committee of the Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health Business Unit.