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Executive Committee

A worldwide association of animal health research organisations to assist the global control and eventual eradication of foot-and-mouth disease.


Frank Mwliine

President
Makerere University, Uganda
fmwiine@gmail.com

Alejandra Capozzo

Chief Executive Officer
Interamerican University (UAI), Argentina
alejandraVictoria.capozzo@uai.edu.ar

Toby Tuthill

Science Director
Pirbright Institute, UK
toby.tuthill@pirbright.ac.uk

Michael Eschbaumer

Finance Director
Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Germany 
michael.eschbaumer@fli.de k

Anna Ludi

Secretariat
Pirbright Institute, UK
anna.ludi@pirbright.ac.uk

Mariano Pérez-Filgueira          

Member
National Institute for Agricultural Technology, Argentina
perez.mariano@inta.gob.ar

Nagendra Singanallur

Member
Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Australia
nagendra.singanallur@csiro.au

Melanie Chitray   

Member
ARC: Onderstepoort Veterinary Research Vaccine and Diagnostic Development, South Africa
chitraym@arc.agric.za

Gisselle Medina

Member
United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, USA
gisselle.medina@usda.gov

Phaedra Eble

Member
Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, The Netherlands phaedra.eble@wur.nl

Roles and Responsiblities