ISPE Announces 2026–2027 ISPE International Board of Directors Election Results

02 October, 2026

The 2026–2027 ISPE International Board of Directors has been announced. Newly elected Directors will assume their positions at the 2026 ISPE Annual Meeting & Expo.

ISPE has announced the results of the 2026–2027 ISPE International Board of Directors election.

The ISPE International Board of Directors is responsible for the governance and strategic direction of ISPE. Board members will assume their elected positions at the 2026 ISPE Annual Meeting & Expo, taking place in Washington, D.C., USA, and virtually from 18 to 21 October.

The following pharmaceutical industry leaders have been elected to positions on the 2026–2027 ISPE International Board of Directors.

Executive Committee

Ylva Ek
Founder
Robur Life Science Advisory AB
Chair
David Churchward
Head of Operations Quality Compliance and External Affairs
AstraZeneca
Vice Chair
Georg Singewald
Global Head of Quality & Compliance
Roche / Genentech
Treasurer
Gunter Baumgartner
SVP Head of Global Engineering
Takeda
Secretary
Vivianne Arencibia
Vice President, Head of Quality Auditing and Risk Management
Lonza AG
Past Chair

Newly Elected and Re-Elected Directors

Michele Ghinizzini
SVP Global Head of Engineering & Maintenance
Sanofi
Paige Kane, PhD
Associate Vice President Technical Excellence & Transformation
CAI
Shanshan Liu
Global Process Science & Regulator Director
Fedegari
Vivien Santillan
Regional Director, Asia
Novatek International

The following Directors were elected in 2025 to serve a two-year term and will continue their service on the Board.

Directors Continuing a Term in 2026–2027

Jose Caraballo-Oramas
Founder and Principal
JCO Global Advisory LLC
Liz Dooley
Global Lead, Site Engineering, Synthetics
Johnson & Johnson
Francesco Intoccia
SVP Global Engineering, EHS & Sustainability
GSK

Board Members Completing Service

Jeffrey Biskup
Executive Chairman of the Board
CRB
Chair 2024 - 2025 & Immediate Past Chair
Victor Cruz
Sr. VP of Corporate Engineering and Global Health, Safety and Environmental
Eli Lilly & Company - Corporate Engineering
Norman Goldschmidt
President
Genesis AEC
James Grunwald
Senior Vice President US Business Development
Arcadis

The election was run by an independent third party, which provided ISPE with the final audited results.

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