28 May 2008

Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health appoints heads of global species teams

Press Release

Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health has appointed the Heads of Global Species teams for the swine, the poultry and the aquaculture segment.

These appointments are an important step in the design process of the combined animal health organisation. The heads of the Global Species teams report to Ruurd Stolp, senior vice president and president animal health.

Ruud Aerdts, the new appointed head of Global Poultry, has held the position of Head of Global Marketing-Poultry for Intervet since 2005. Prior to this, he held general manager positions for the company in Thailand and Indonesia.

Marc Dickie, the new appointed head of Global Swine, has been Head of Global Marketing-Swine for Intervet based in Boxmeer since March 2006. Prior to this, Dickie was head of marketing and sales for the company in Austria. He also held a number of consultancy positions and for the period of 1986 to 1993 he was an assistant professor at the Veterinary University, Vienna, Austria.

The new head of Global Aquaculture Pharmaceuticals is Hank Behrend. Behrend joined Schering-Plough in 1981 and has held the position of senior director, Global Aquaculture at Schering-Plough Animal Health since 2002. Behrend held several positions within the Agricultural Division of American Cyanamid and was also a research technician, manager of research farms and held various international marketing positions at ER Squibb and Sons.

Alistair Brown was appointed as the head of Global Aquaculture Biologicals. Brown has been head of Aquatic Animal Health for Intervet since 2001. He joined the company in 1995 in Norway and became general manager of Intervet Norbio AS, Intervet's subsidiary in Norway, responsible for cold-water aquatic animal health in 1999.

The Global Species teams are responsible for the marketing strategies in the regional markets. The teams work closely with R&D to maintain a successful pipeline of new products.