Dr. Faouzi Kechrid has more than twenty-seven years experience in the fields of Veterinary Medicine, Animal and Public Health, Livestock, Food Hygiene and Safety. As a Consultant for the World Bank, FAO and OIE, Dr. Kechrid conducted assessments on Avian Influenza in the Middle East and North Africa. He is also coordinating activities on behalf of the World Veterinary Association, the Euro-Arab Veterinary Association, and the African Veterinary Medical Association.

Dr. Kechrid was Chair of the organizing committee of the 27th World Veterinary Congress. He is a recipient of the French Ministry of Agriculture’s professional designation known as “Chevalier dans l’Ordre du Mérite Agricole” for advancing Franco-Tunisian cooperation in research. Since February 2007, Dr Kechrid has been regional manager of the animal health centre for North Africa based in Tunis, to coordinate the regional programme on High Pathogenic Avian Influenza in North Africa and Egypt and other transboundary animal diseases under the FAO Emergency Centre of Transboundary Animal Diseases, the FAO sub-regional representation in Tunisia and the other United Nations international organizations, international donor community and multilateral agencies.