Eric has served on the Board of the Company since November 2015. He holds a Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from the Veterinary School of Lyon. He also holds a master's in Pharmaceutical Management from the Institute of Industrial Pharmacy of Lyon, and an MBA from the Management School of Lyon. Eric began his career within Virbac Laboratories from 1988 to 1991 in marketing and sales management positions, before managing promotional and commercial organizations in geographic areas within Synthelabo Laboratories (Sanofi) between 1991 and 1997. He then joined Servier and became General Manager of the subsidiary in Russia, before becoming CEO of Servier in the UK in 2002. He joined the Business Development & Licensing team in 2008 and has led it as Vice-President in 2015.