Next week, meet the industry experts, thought leaders, and brands bringing you future-focused insights and solutions...

Martin is a member of Defra and HMRC stakeholder advisory groups. He was a member of the government’s Litter Strategy Advisory Group and the Steering Group for Hospitality & Food Service Agreement seeking to reduce food waste.

Jane was a founding director of OPRL Ltd and has chaired the Board since 2014.

Paul is the founder and Managing Director of ThePackHub, a leading packaging innovation consultancy helping brand owners, retailers and packaging suppliers deliver a range of packaging innovation services.

Laura fell into packaging by default but soon became her passion completing a MSc in Packaging Technology and Management.

Simon Oxley is a Mechanical Engineer by trade and a packaging enthusiast by nature. His wealth of experience spans from starting out with the graduate scheme at Britvic Soft Drink…

James has over 25 years of experience in the branding and packaging design industry, hear his talk at Packaging Innovations & Empack 2022.

Matt leads CDP’s sustainability team, having worked in the field for more than 10 years and delivered sustainability projects for multinational blue-chip companies as well as UK and European Government agencies.

 Sarah is Head of Sustainable Solutions Consulting, LEIPA, dedicated to the customer journey into fibre-based innovation and added value services.

Robert has well over 30 years’ experience in the metal packaging sector where he worked across a range of research and operational roles.

Neil Farmer is founder/owner of Neil Farmer Associates and an international market research and business development consultancy.

Discover Bill Aurand, who began his career in ultrasonics in 1985, who will be speaking at Packaging Innovations & Empack 2022.

James Snodgrass is editor of Industrial Plant & Equipment Magazine. He has spent a quarter of a century writing about science, technology, automotive and manufacturing matters.

Jo has been working in the logistics industry for over twenty years and has successfully launched and developed the UK market for the CVP Everest and CVP Impack Automated Packing Solutions.

Allan is Chair of the IOM3 Packaging Group. IOM3 is a leading science and engineering professional body that promotes and develops all aspects of the materials cycle and is home to the Packaging Group.

Richard leads Nestlé’s third party co-manufacturing and co-packing operations.

Nestor started with a Bachelors in Materials Engineering and Master in Packaging Technology, leading to 15 years of experience in R&D packaging working with brand owners and packaging converter

Jamil oversees the development of businesses across the whole supply chain with a focus on ensuring that the development, is sustainable. 

A social entrepreneur and expert in the recycled plastic industry, Raffi Schieir, is co-founder and Director of Bantam Materials, the supplier of Prevented Ocean Plastic.

Joining HP almost 12 years ago, his first five years were spent as a product engineer in the Large Format Printing organization.

Nicky Spear is the Retail Operations and Product lead at Bower Collective and was integral in the development of the reusable BowerPack packing solution.