Emmanuel qualified from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland in 1998 and went on to perform a Large Animal Internship at the University of Minnesota, USA followed by a Large Animal Surgery Residency (surgical specialisation) at Cornell University in New York.  He became a Diplomate of the American and European Colleges of Veterinary Surgeons in 2004.

Following his residency he worked as an equine surgeon in private clinics in New York and Switzerland before accepting the position as Head of the Orthopaedic Department at Bell Equine Veterinary Clinic in Kent, England in 2005. In March 2009 he was appointed Head of the Equine Hospital & University Equine Surgeon at The Queen's Veterinary School Hospital, University of Cambridge, UK.  Emmanuel is now working as a Consultant for Equine Orthopaedics for private equine clinics in the Southeast of England with a focus on lameness and performance diagnostics/therapeutics and orthopaedic surgery.  Emmanuel has published several clinical articles in peer-reviewed veterinary journals and lectures regularly at national and international courses/conferences on equine orthopaedics.