About FVE

Board of Directors 2011 - 2013
The FVE Board consists of a President, a Treasurer and three Vice Presidents. The President and its Board are elected for two years and can be re-elected once. The FVE Board meets several times a year to discuss current issues and FVE's strategy.
Christophe Buhot - President

Walter WindingChristophe Buhot has been from May 2009 to June 2011 Vice-President of the Brussels-based Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE), the umbrella organisation of veterinary organisations from 38 European countries which represents the veterinary profession in Europe. In the FVE board he has been responsible for the topics on Animal Health, Education and the veterinary week.

He graduated in Veterinary Medicine in 1984 from the Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse (France) and obtained a doctor degree in 1986. In 1991 he was granted a certificate of specialized studies in ophthalmology.During his studies of veterinary medicine and after graduation, Christophe Buhot worked in a large animal practice in Ambazac (France), in a mixed practice in Gaillac (France) and in various canine practices in Arcachon and Bordeaux.

In 1987 he established his own mixed practice in Castelnau de Médoc near Bordeaux. In 1993 a partner joined the practice in which currently mainly small animals are being treated.

Christophe Buhot is board member and treasurer of the SNVEL (Syndicat National des Vétérinaires d'Exercice Libéral), the French association of practitioners in Paris, since 1998. From 2001 - 2005 he joined the Board of the Union of European Veterinary Practitioners (UEVP) as Secretary General and in 2005 he was elected President of UEVP.

In 2007 he was re-elected as UEVP President, in May 2009 was elected as FVE Vice-President. At the FVE General Assembly of June 2011 he has been appointed as the new FVE President.