Vetoquinol SA at the Combined General Meeting held on 25 May 2023 Mr. Etienne Frechin will resign as Chairman of the Board of Vetoquinol, effective 1st July 2023. Mr. Etienne Frechin will remain a Director of the company, hence continuing to share his broad experience. On 25 May 2023, the Board of Directors appointed Mr. Matthieu Frechin, Chief Executive Officer of the Group, as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vetoquinol effective 1st July 2023.

The Board of Directors unanimously acknowledged Mr. Etienne Frechin's substantial contribution to the success and international development of the company over the sixty years he has been in office. Etienne Frechin, son of Joseph Frechin, founder of Vetoquinol, has spent his entire professional career at the company, where he has successively held the positions of Production Director, General Manager, Chairman and CEO and, since 1980, Chairman of the Board of Directors. Throughout his career, he has accompanied the very strong growth of the laboratory and led multiple development operations in France and abroad in order to create one of the top 10 international players in animal health.

In 2006, he also successfully completed the company IPO, increasing the laboratory's reputation and sharing his vision of the animal health business.