UK Packaging Awards 2009: The Judges

Tracy Bhamra
Reader in sustainable design
Loughborough University
Tracy has more than 17 years’ research experience in sustainable design and is the founder of the Sustainable Design Network.

Sarah Bunday
Packaging innovator
Hotel Chocolat
Sarah has more than 20 years’ experience in the retail and FMCG manufacturing sectors. She is now packaging innovator for confectioner Hotel Chocolat.

Jacqueline Collins
Packaging technologist
Innocent
In her three years at Innocent, Jacqueline has been involved in projects including moving smoothies to 100% post-consumer recyclate bottles.

Jonathan Couper
Creative services manager
B&Q
Jonathan is responsible for the creation and delivery of the DIY chain’s own brand packaging. He has worked in the industry for his whole career.

Karen Graley
Packaging and reprographics manager
Waitrose
Karen has more than 20 years’ experience of packaging through positions at companies in design and retail. She also sits on several industry steering groups.

Robert Herridge
Joint managing director
Packology
Robert has 21 years’ experience in the packaging industry, having worked for manufacturers and brand owners alike, including Revlon and Bacardi.

Des King
Freelance ?journalist
Des has covered the packaging and printing industries as a freelance journalist for the past 13 years and his work has appeared in leading European and UK trade publications, including Packaging News

Stuart Lendrum
Head of print and packaging
Sainsbury’s
Stuart has 14 years’ experience in packaging, covering the full gamut of materials and formats. He is responsible for driving improvements in quality and innovation, and cutting costs.

Dr Walter Lewis
Managing director
Faraday Packaging Partnership
A latecomer to packaging after training as a biochemist, Walter is responsible for the annual administration of some £70m of research funding.

Arno Melchior
Global packaging director
Reckitt Benckiser
As well as his work at Reckitt Benckiser, Arno is a member of the Institute of Packaging Professionals and the German Packaging Engineers Association.

Nicholas Mockett
M&A consultant
Moorgate Capital
Nicholas is an M&A consultant who has focused on the packaging, paper and printing industries for more than 15 years and advised on deals worth more than €4bn.

Shane Monkman
Buying manager, packaging and environment
Asda
Shane is a key player in and commentator on the industry due to the energy he has displayed in explaining Asda’s approach to packaging.

John Monks
President
BPIF Cartons
John has been involved with the industry for more than 50 years. His career began in 1956 at Metal Box and has spanned design, marketing and general management at major international groups.

John Noble
Director
British Brands Group
John is director of the British Brands Group, a membership organisation that provides the collective voice for brand manufacturers of all nationalities in the UK.

Robert Opie
Founder
Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising
Robert started collecting packaging in 1963 and has since built up a collection of a million items tracking a century of design and social history.

Barry Pamplin
European packaging technology controller
United Biscuits
Barry manages the central packaging technology team for UB. His team works on all aspects of packaging technology within the firm’s European manufacturing operations.

Sonia Raja
Head of packaging
Tesco
Sonia’s main job at Tesco is to deliver the Courtauld Commitment but she is also active in other areas, such as the Packaging Resource Action Group.

CHAIRMAN OF THE JUDGES
Dick Searle
Chief executive
Packaging Federation
Dick has spent 40 years in the industry. He has been chief executive of a number of packaging groups and now runs the Packaging Federation.

Robert Stevens
Director
Think EyeTracking
Robert founded Think EyeTracking to meet a challenge from Procter & Gamble to produce eye tracking reports for the same price as two focus groups.

Alison Vincent
Managing director
AVA Packaging
Alison is managing director and founder of AVA Packaging Solutions, a consultancy dealing with packaging for consumer goods.

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