Armin Duddek practices since 1993 as optometrist and contact lens specialist in Zurich, Switzerland.In 1997 he bought the contact lens company Prolens, which was founded in 1959 by the European contact lens pioneer Willi Ott. Previously, he worked as an optician in Berlin and Steinhausen, Switzerland. Armin Duddek has been a qualified optician since 1986 and received his optometry training at the Swiss higher technical school for optometry, SHFA.Armin Duddek has been President of the SBAO (Schweizerischen Berufsverbandes für Augenoptik und Optometrie) 2001- 2019 and the Swiss delegate for ECOO and WCO since 2003. He was praised for his active contribution to various international associations and committees and for introducing the compulsory continuing education for SBAO members. During his ECOO presidency from 2010-2012, he has achieved the return of France as a member, the launch of the Wasem study and he is actively driving forward the accreditation project as well as topics such as Vision and Driving and Fluorescein.In September 2012, for the first time in ECOO’s history he rewarded 16 students with the European Diploma in Optometry after the University of Applied Science in Olten, Switzerland was fully accredited by ECOO.In 2012 Armin Duddek received the VDCO Optometry Award.Since 2015 he is President of EFCLIN (European Federation of the Contact Lens and IOL Industry).In 2019 he became President of WOF (World Optometric Foundation).He also writes articles and publications in several journals and holds various lectures and seminars.