Deputy Director General for International Science and Standards, World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH)

Dr Montserrat Arroyo Kuribreña is WOAH’s Deputy Director General for International Science and Standards. She holds a veterinary and animal sciences degree from the Mexican National Autonomous University and a Master’s in Preventive Veterinary Medicine from the University of California, Davis. She initiated her career in the Mexican Veterinary Services, focusing mainly on the prevention and control of foreign animal diseases as well as trade-related issues, zoonotic disease prevention and diagnostic and vaccine production. In 2015 she served within WOAH as Subregional Representative for Central America and the Caribbean. She joined WOAH Headquarters in 2018, firstly serving as the Head of the World Animal Health Information Department and later as the Head of the Regional Activities Department, coordinating all 13 WOAH regional offices.