9.35am – 9.40am GMT, 18 November 2026 ‐ 5 mins
Keynote/Presentation


Head of Commercial EMEA BioProcessing , Merck
Bert de Vet has over 30 years of experience in the Pharmaceutical and Life Science industries.
Bert joined Millipore in 1998 as Account Manager in The Netherlands. He occupied several functions throughtout his carreer, like: Sales Manager UK & Netherlands for Millipore Bioprocess, Sales Director Western Europe before holding the position of Sr. Sales Director in Global Key Accounts for Process Solutions at Merck Millipore. Since 2016, he has been leading as VP & Head of Commercial EMEA for the Process Solutions business for Merck Life Science.
Next to that Bert holds the Managing Director function for Merck Life Science N.V.
Before joining Millipore, Bert worked for 9 years in a variety of roles in the pharmaceutical industry, where he acquired a deep knowledge of Biopharma processes and a solid understanding of regulatory requirements.
Bert has an Engineer's degree in Biotechnology from the Hogeschool Arnhem, The Netherlands.