Horace Nalle

Horace Nalle currently acts as Principal at Oriole Animal Health, LLC. Oriole provides business and transactional advice to companies and investors in the field of animal health. Oriole operates in some cases as a consultant and, in other cases, as an equity partner.

Previously, Horace Nalle held a variety of C-suite positions at Merial, the industry-leading producer of heartworm and flea medications for animals. Horace Nalle spent 15 years with Merial, which was recently acquired by Sanofi. The company's best known products are HEARTGARD and FRONTLINE.

Aside from fulfilling his duties as Vice President at Merial,

In other experience, Horace Nalle presided over Hubbard LLC, a poultry breeding firm and subsidiary of Merial. The global company enjoyed sales of $100 million and employed 1,500 people.

Earlier in his career, he handled challenging securities litigation for Drinker Biddle & Reath, and he held a variety of roles in the legal division of pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co., Inc.

Mr. Nalle holds a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College and a Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. A charitably minded individual, he chairs the board of the Atlanta Humane Society.