With the retirement of current Technical Director Rick Clayton coming up at the end of 2024, AnimalhealthEurope has this week welcomed Pieter-Jan Serreyn to the team as the new Technical Director.

A Belgian national, Pieter-Jan is a veterinarian with many years of experience in the veterinary medicines regulatory world. He started his career in a veterinary practice in France before returning to Belgium to work for the Official Medicines Control Laboratory, supporting regulatory authorities in vaccine quality controls. He also has over ten years of corporate experience having worked for several animal health companies.

Rick Clayton leaves AnimalhealthEurope at the end of December after 27 years of dedication to the association’s work representing manufacturers of animal medicines, vaccines and other animal health products in Europe. Rick had first taken up the role of Technical Manager of the association then known as FEDESA when he moved from the UK to Belgium in 1997. Rick was also Technical Director for the global animal health association HealthforAnimals and played a leading role in the international programme aimed at harmonising technical requirements for veterinary product registration.