Dr. Franco Mutinelli directs the Functional Animal Experimental and Welfare Department (2013) and the SCS3—Specialist Diagnostics, Histopathology and Parasitology (2003) of Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie. He is also the Director of the National Reference Centre for Beekeeping (2003), the National Reference Laboratory for Bee Diseases (2018), and the Head of the Regional Centre for Beekeeping in Veneto (1995). Since June 2021, he has been the Director of the National Reference Centre for Assisted Interventions with Animals. He graduated in Veterinary Medicine in 1983 at the University of Bologna, followed by the European College of Veterinary Pathologists in 1998, and 2006 the Executive Master in Management for Healthcare Companies (EMMAS V, Bocconi University). He has several collaborations in national and international research projects. He participated as a speaker and tutor in the Better Training for Safer Food (BTSF) “Animal Health of Bees” (2010–2017), Live Animals “Import Control of Bees and Bumblebees” (2017–2023) and “Companion Animals Movement” (2017–2019) at TAIEX events (2018–2022) related to the protection and improvement of the health of bees and the production of the bee and the beehive. He is also a member of the EU Expert Group for Bee Diseases.