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Stéphane Montavon, doctor in veterinary medicine (DVM) been born in 1960 in Lausanne, grew up in Geneva, studied the veterinary medicine in Bern. During several years, he worked as a practitioner for horses at the former Swiss army horse reserve (DFCA/EMPFA) at the national Stud farm in Avenches, at the University of California Davis (USA) as well as in his own equine practice in Geneva before passing in the industry to become a director of a veterinary pharmaceutical products company.

Since 2003, Stéphane Montavon is the chief of the veterinary service of the Swiss army. He is so the upper professional of all the veterinarians of the army and in this function, he manages the domain horse of the train troops and the national equestrian center (CENB/NPZB). This former president of the Swiss association of equine medicine (ASME/SVPM) also chaired for eight years the veterinary Committee of the Swiss equestrian federations (FSSE/SVPS).

For Swiss Equestrian, Stéphane Montavon was a member of the board of the Jumping discipline as technical manager and, as team coach, he accompanied the Swiss jumping riders to the CSIO Calgary, Hickstead, Göteborg, Lisbon, Falsterbo and many other competitions. He is a Youth and Sport (J+S) expert and Swiss Olympic elite sports coach. He began his career in equestrian sport in dressage under the guidance of legendary trainer Georg Wahl, and went on to ride for more than 15 years in Eventing competitions up to 2-star level. Stéphane Montavon has also been very active in show jumping up to the R130/135 level (until 2017).


From 2025, Stéphane Montavon will be leaving the army veterinary service to devote himself to private mandates - Jeunesse et Sports, Swiss Olympic, Swiss Equestrian, the FEI (Fédération Equestre Internationale), the Young Riders Academy and EQUI-SCOPE.

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Curriculum Vitae Stéphane Montavon, 2025

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