Udo J. Vetter is currently Chairman of the Control Board of the Vetter Group of companies, a specialty CDMO; a Director on the Board of Gerresheimer AG, a major glass supplier to the pharmaceutical industry; and a Director on the Board of Gland Pharma in India. He also manages UV-Cap GmbH & Co. KG, a privately held investment company and serves as chairman of the trustees of Sigmaringen-Albstadt, a German University. During his 39 years in the pharmaceutical industry he spent seven years with Schering-Plough in the United States and Puerto Rico. Udo J. Vetter has been a Member of ISPE for 22 years. He is a member of the International Leadership Forum (ILF), serves on the Finance and Audit Committee, the Aseptic Conference Committee, and the Facility of the Year Award Committee. He was co-founder of ISPE's German-Swiss-Austrian Affiliate in 1991 and served three years as the Affiliate Chair. Udo J. Vetter holds a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from the University Washington, Seattle, and he is a registered US pharmacist.