Pira Packaging Summit 2011

Andrew Jenkins

The Boots Company

As a member of the Quality & CSR Support team Andrew develops Boots strategy on product sustainability and advises product marketing and development groups on sustainable development issues.

David Baker

RPC Bebo UK

David Baker has over 30 years’ experience in the metal and plastics Packaging Industry, starting his working life at Metal Box and joining RPC Group in 1991. David has a great understanding of what customers want, having spent the majority of his career in various senior sales positions, before assuming responsibility for RPC’s UK thermoforming operation in 2010.

Peter Singleton

Procter & Gamble

Peter Singleton has over 40 years experience in the Packaging Industry covering materials, packaging production, FCMG and retail working for Alcan, Bowater, W R Grace, United Biscuits and Marks and Spencer. Currently he is a Principle Scientist/Engineer in Global Packaging Development for Gillette Blades and Razors within the Beauty and Grooming business of Procter and Gamble.

Duncan Pollard

Nestle

Duncan Pollard’s career has seen him move from the corporate sector, to the non-profit sector and back again. With a degree in forestry he worked for a variety of forest companies and spent 9 years with Shell. He also spent almost 10 years with WWF International and since late 2010 he has been working at Nestlé as Sustainability Advisor, providing advice and support on a wide range of sustainability issues across the organisation. Paper and board is one of his focus areas.

Carol Hammond

Chesapeake

A Chemist by training, Carol has worked within the packaging sector for about 20 years. Her current role as Head of R&D for Chesapeake encompasses the development of materials and processing routes to achieve new and/or improved packaging formats.

Timothy P. Burns

Cranial Capital

Timothy has 35 years of Packaging Industry related experience in Education, Investment Banking and Consulting. He is regularly engaged as an author, conference speaker and advisor to numerous companies. Frequently quoted in the financial industry, trade press, TV and Radio.

Teodor Todorov

Morgan Stanley

Teodor is an Executive Director in the Natural Resources Group at Morgan Stanley. He joined Morgan Stanley's London Office in 2004 and has worked on a variety of transactions across the basic materials industry. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Teodor worked at UBS in New York in the Paper and Packaging and M&A teams.

Nicholas Mockett

Moorgate Capital

Nicholas Mockett is a corporate financier and has focussed on the packaging industry for 20 years. His experience includes leveraged buy-outs (including MBOs/MBIs), mergers, acquisitions and disposals, public company takeovers and public to privates, refinancings and restructurings. He has worked on dozens of deals, around the globe, worth over €5bn, and has been active in every substrate.

Gerald Rebitzer

Amcor

As Sustainability Leader, Gerald Rebitzer is responsible for Sustainability at Amcor Flexibles Europe & Americas. This role encompasses both environmental management and social responsibility from an operations perspective as well as working with customers and suppliers to enhance the performance of the packaging products Amcor provides.

Dorothy MacKenzie

Dragon Rouge Limited

Dorothy is co-founder of Dragon Rouge in London. She has led packaging design, brand development and npd programmes for many leading food companies, and believes that good consumer understanding must lie at the heart of the design and development process if brands are to use their most important communication channel effectively.

Julien Damen

Dow Europe GmbH

In his current position, Julien is the Technical Service & Development Director for Dow’s Packaging & Converting business for EMEA. This business combines the PU- and acrylic-based adhesive technologies with plastics & films.

Graham Moore

Pira International

Graham Moore has over thirty years experience in the paper and board industry, encompassing process and product knowledge, product performance, recycling, deinking, wet end chemistry, and strategic futures related research.

David Hayslette

MeadWestvaco

David Hayslette is the Director of Shopper Ready Packaging for MWV, a $6 billion packaging company that helps brands take shape. David leads the MWV portfolio of shopper ready packaging solutions called Captivate™. David is a graduate of Washington and Lee University and lives in Richmond, Virginia. He’s an avid runner and stays busy with his six children and their activities.

Robert Herridge

Packology Limited

Robert Herridge has 23 years experience in the packaging industry with both manufacturers and brand owners alike. Formerly Robert was Head of International packaging for Revlon and Global Packaging for Bacardi-Martini. Robert holds and MSc in Packaging Technology as is a Fellow of the Institute of packaging. In 2010 he authored a global report for PIRA on “The future of Personal Care Packaging to 2014”

Harald Kaeb

European Bioplastics

Harald was leading the industry association European Bioplastics as the managing Chairman of the Board from 1999 to 2009. From 2009 to May 2011 he served as the Secretary General, leading key policy projects of European Bioplastics. In June he has been elected Board member again.