Bruno Gonzalez-Zorn, DVM, PhD is Head of the Antimicrobial Resistance Unit at the Complutense University in Madrid, and Adjunct Professor of Biotechnology at the University for Development Studies in Ghana. He gained his DVM in 1996 studying in Spain and Germany and his European PhD in 2001 under the supervision of Prof. Vazquez-Boland. After his Postdoc at the Pasteur Institute in Paris with Prof. Patrice Courvalin he received a Ramon y Cajal tenure-track contract from the Spanish Ministry of Science to return to Spain. In 2011 he was awarded the National Microbiology Award, from the Spanish Society for Microbiology, and in 2018 the National publication award on antimicrobial resistance from the Spanish Ministry of Health. Currently he leads a group of fifteen young researchers working on molecular microbiology and the ecology of antimicrobial resistance in Madrid. His research interests include the role the ecology of antimicrobial resistance -in humans, animals, food and the environment- focusing on genomics from a One Health perspective. He is the President of the Molecular Microbiology Group of the Spanish Society for Microbiology. He is part of numerous Committees on Antimicrobial Resistance at National and International Institutions.

Ernesto Liébana Criado is a veterinary surgeon, with a PhD in Microbiology and Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists, UK. From 1991 to 2007 he worked in Research in the area of Zoonoses and Public Health, first as a postdoctoral scientist in the Veterinary Sciences Division (Department of Agriculture Northern Ireland) and then as a Senior Veterinary Research Officer in the Departments of Food and Environmental Safety, and Pathology in the Veterinary Laboratories Agency, UK where he had primary responsibility over the molecular typing and detection group. His research interests focused on Mycobacterium bovis, Salmonella, E. coli, Enterococci, and Campylobacter infections, as well as on the development of antimicrobial resistance in these organisms. As a result of his work over recent years he has published over 90 peer reviewed papers in internationally recognised Journals. He has also published several Book Chapters, and presented numerous communications at international conferences. In 2007 he joined the European Food Safety Authority as a Senior Scientific Officer, where he has been dedicated to the scientific coordination of risk assessment activities in the area of biological hazards. From September 2013 to November 2015 he took the role of ad interim Head of the Biological Hazards and Contaminants (BIOCONTAM) Unit and from Nov 2015 to October 2017 he was BIOHAZ Team leader and Panel coordinator. He is currently Head of the Biological Hazards and Contaminants (BIOCONTAM) Unit. In addition to his research work, he has been involved in a variety of university teaching activities, From lecturing and laboratory demonstrations to veterinary undergraduate students in the area of Microbiology (Universidad Complutense, Spain), to lecturing for MSc. Programmes in Food Safety (University of Surrey, UK; University of Parma, Italy), and supervision of MSc and PhD students (Kingston University, and Liverpool University, UK). He was Honorary Lecturer in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Genitourinary Surgery, University of Liverpool; and Associated Invited Lecturer for the Doctorate Programme "Ciencias Veterinarias" at the Veterinary School of Madrid, Universidad Complutense, Spain.

Juan Lubroth, DVM, PhD, ACVPM, is the Chief Veterinary Officer, and Coordinator of the Antimicrobial Resistance Working Group at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Dr Lubroth received his bachelor's degree (biology) from Whitman College, USA and worked as a wildlife biologist before continuing studies at the University of Georgia, USA where he earned both a master's degree in medical microbiology in 1982 and became a doctor of veterinary medicine in 1985. In 1992 he received an MPhil degree (arbovirology and epidemiology of infectious diseases) and in 1995 obtained his PhD, both from the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, USA. Dr Lubroth has worked extensively throughout Latin America, North Africa and the Middle East. He undertook several major initiatives for the control of transboundary animal diseases in Central Asia, South Asia, and southern Africa. He was the driving force behind several key cooperative initiatives of FAO with the World Health Organization (WHO) and World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), including the Global Framework for the Progressive Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases, the Global Early Warning System (GLEWS), the establishment of the Emergency Management Centre for Animal Health, and the One Health concept at FAO. He is the FAO focal point on addressing the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) that comprises staff work from food safety, animal production and health (terrestrial and aquatic), plant protection, land and water, legal, communications services. Dr Lubroth is often called to assist in bringing animal production and health perspectives to the work of the WHO on issues related to zoonoses, AMR, biological safety of laboratories, and matters regarding bioterrorism and agroterrorism, and leads FAO's animal health activities against high impact and zoonotic diseases as well as strengthening veterinary links to the public health systems around the world, humanitarian response efforts and continuing professional education.

Jean-Yves Madec is DVM, PhD, molecular microbiologist and research director at the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES). Jean-Yves Madec is the Scientific Director of the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) topic at ANSES and Head of the Research Unit "Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence" at ANSES Lyon. Jean-Yves Madec is the coordinator of the Resapath network monitoring AMR in clinical animals in France. His research interests focus on molecular genetics and epidemiology of AMR in Gram negative and positive bacteria of animal origin and issues regarding the intersectorial transfer of AMR in a One Health perspective. Jean-Yves Madec is a member of several expert groups and committees on AMR and antibiotic use in animals and humans in France and Europe (including as the Vice-Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Joint Programming Initiative on AMR) and an active participant/leader in European/transnational scientific projects. Finally, Jean-Yves Madec is strongly implicated in international collaborative partnerships dealing with monitoring of AMR in animals and food thereof in different countries and continents and Head of the recently appointed (2017) FAO Reference Centre for AMR at ANSES.

Koen Mintiens is an independent consultant with 25 years of experience in helping farmers, industry and government with improving animal health and welfare in livestock in low-, middle-, and high-income countries. He has key expertise in veterinary epidemiology, biostatistics and risk analysis, providing state-of-the-art services and advice to livestock industries, and national and international organizations. 'Let the numbers speak', is the driver behind Koen's work. By summarising, analysing and modelling data and information, he provides evidence-based decision-making advice. As Animal Production & AMR Consultant for FAO, Koen Mintiens contributes to the development of the AMR-Progressive Management Pathway tool through consultation with members of the FAO AMR- Working Group and experts in various sectors (poultry, pork, cattle, aquaculture and fisheries, pharmaceuticals, feed, legal, environment, etc.).

Jorge Pinto Ferreira is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, originally from Portugal, with five years of clinical experience; a Masters in Food Safety; a PhD (as Fulbright scholar) in Population Medicine (with a graduate certificate in public policy). His doctoral studies were conducted in a partnership between the College of Veterinary Medicine of North Carolina State University (USA) and the Medical School of Duke University (USA) and were dedicated to the epidemiological aspects of the transmission of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) between outpatients and their companion animals. In 2017 he was also awarded a diploma from the European College of Veterinary Public Health. Between 2012-2017 he worked as a consultant in Switzerland, (SAFOSO AG), and among other AMR projects, was part of the EFFORT consortium (www.effort-against-amr.eu/). He joined the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) in October 2017, forming part of the AMR team and collaborating in particular in Tripartite (FAO/OIE/WHO) activities.

Dr. David Rodríguez-Lázaro holds a BSc in Veterinary Science and a BSc in Food Science and Technology from the University of Leon (Spain), a Diploma in Public Health from the National School of Health and a PhD in Biotechnology from the University of Girona (Spain). He is currently Porfessor and Director of the Microbiology Area at the University of Burgos (Spain) where he heads the Castilla-Le&oón consolidated research unit "Microbiology One Health". He has been visiting researcher in internationally renowned institutions such as the Danish Veterinary Institute (Denmark), the University of Prague (Check Republic), the Food and Environmental Research Agency (United Kingdom), and the University of Bristol (United Kingdom). He has been Leverhulme visiting Professor at the Institute of Advanced Sciences of the University of Bristol in 2004 and 2005 and where he was also Marie Curie Research Fellow at the Faculty of Medical and Veterinary Sciences in 2005 and 2006. Upon his return to Spain in 2007, he was I3P researcher at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics (IBGM) of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), and senior researcher at the Agricultural Technological Institute of Castilla y León (ITACyL) until September 2015 when he joined the University of Burgos. Main lines of research focus on fundamental aspects of food safety such as new strategies for the detection, prevention and control of the main food-borne pathogens (bacterias, virus and parasites), as well as the study of antimicrobial resistence ecology throughout the food chain. He has participated in or lead over 50 international research proyects in the V, VI and VII EU Framework Research Programmes such as FOOD-PCR, SACROHN, MONI-QA, VITAL, BASELINE and PROMISE, and has supervised 4 doctoral theses (and a further 5 ongoing). He has also published over 100 scientific articles in international journals (H index of 32) and books and chapters in books on food safety. He is a member of the editorial teams of the 4 most relevant international journals in food microbiology; "Frontiers in Microbiology", "Applied and Enviornmental Microbiology", "Food Microbiology", and "International Journal of Food Microbiology" and in "Food and Environmental Virology". He is also associate editor of the journals "Frontiers in Microbiology" and "Frontiers in Nutrition and Food Science Technology" and editor-in chief of the journal "Food Analytical Methods" edited by Springer. In 2013 he was awarded the "Jaime Ferrácn" prize in its XV edition of the Spanish Microbiology Society for his outstanding career in the field of Microbiology. Likewise, he has been the corresponding member of the Academy of Veterinary Science of Castilla y León since May 2017. He belongs to the National Network for Emerging Risks of the Spanish Agency for Consumption, Food Safety and Nutrition (AECOSAN), and since January 2017, is spokesman for the AECOSAN scientific committe.

Consuelo Rubio is Head of the Veterinary Drugs Department at the Spanish Agency for Medicinal and Health Products of the Ministry of Health, Consumption and Social Welfare. As Head of the Veterinary Drugs Department she coordinates cthe National Action Plan to reduce the risks of antimicrobial resistance both in human as well as veterinary drugs. She is OIE (World Organization for Animal Health) focal point in Spain for veterinary drugs. She is member of the Committee for the Evaluation of Veterinary Drugs (known in Spanish as CVMP), at the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) and works actively in the Network of European Agencies (HMA) one of whose work strategies is to assure the availability of human and veterinary drugs.

Jaap Wagenaar was trained as veterinarian and completed his PhD study at Utrecht University and the USDA-National Animal Diseases Center, Ames, IA, US. In 1996 he started his research group at the Central Veterinary Institute (now: Wageningen Bioveterinary Research) in Lelystad, the Netherlands, on food safety and in particular on Campylobacter. From 2004-2006 he worked with WHO (Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland, and for the Tsunami-relief operations with WHO Indonesia), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta, US) and the USDA Western Regional Research Center (Albany, Ca, US). In 2006 he was appointed as chair in Clinical Infectious Diseases at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University. His research group is focussing on Campylobacter and antimicrobial resistance. He is currently coordinator of a large EU-project on antimicrobial resistance (EFFORT). He is member of the WHO-AGISAR-group (Advisory Group on Integrated Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance) and WHO-Global Foodborne Infections Network, a global capacity building network. He is member of the scientific panel of the Netherlands Veterinary Medicines Institute (SDa) and involved in the major reduction of antimicrobial use in livestock. He is director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Campylobacter and of the OIE-reference laboratory for Campylobacteriosis, and is acting frequently as expert for WHO, FAO and OIE.