Dr Matthew Stone
Veterinary epidemiologist and former Deputy Director-General – International Standards and Science at the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH)
Biography
Dr Matthew Stone is a veterinary epidemiologist from New Zealand and the former Deputy Director-General – International Standards and Science at the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH).
Dr Stone has over twenty years’ experience in various veterinary and management roles for the New Zealand government working across the biosecurity, animal welfare, and food safety systems. As New Zealand’s Delegate to WOAH, he served as the Secretary-General for the Asia, Far East and Oceania region. After joining WOAH full-time in 2016, Dr Stone represented the organisation in the United Nations Inter-Agency Coordination Group for Anti-Microbial Resistance and was the inaugural Chair of the AMR Multi-Partner Trust Fund. Dr Stone led numerous global strategies for WOAH in partnership with FAO and WHO, including AMR, rabies and zoonotic influenza, and WOAH’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021 Dr Stone returned to New Zealand but continues to advise WOAH on special assignments.
Dr Stone earned both a Bachelor’s degree in Veterinary Science and a Master’s degree in Veterinary Epidemiology from Massey University, New Zealand.