Speakers

Jude Allan is Managing Director of OPRL and Chair of the IOM3 Packaging Group. A materials engineer with a background in packaging technology, she spent 18 years leading production and creative operations at Jones Knowles Ritchie. She brings extensive experience in packaging design and innovation, helping businesses communicate clear recycling guidance and giving consumers confidence to recycle packaging correctly.

Eamonn Bates is Secretary General of 360° Foodservice and founder and Managing Director of Brussels-based consultancy Eamonn Bates Europe. With more than 40 years’ experience in European public affairs, he advises businesses and associations on EU policy, advocacy and communications. His work includes helping the foodservice packaging sector navigate environmental legislation, sustainability challenges and the transition towards a circular economy.

Jeremy Blake is Chief Executive Officer of PackUK, overseeing delivery of the UK’s packaging Extended Producer Responsibility scheme. With extensive experience in recycling operations, including senior roles at Viridor and Berry Circular Polymers, he brings practical expertise in materials recovery and plastics recycling. His work focuses on improving recycling outcomes, strengthening industry collaboration and advancing a circular economy for packaging.

 Dr Alan Campbell is a second-generation packaging technologist who carried out his first packaging life cycle assessment (LCA) in 1985. To address critique related to packaging LCA, Alan developed the more robust packaging Forensic LCA method. Alan currently works in the packaging LCA Center forensics laboratory in the Netherlands supporting government, NGO, academic and commercial clients such as Amazon, Kraft Heinz, Rituals Cosmetics, etc. The LCA Center provides packaging item materials analysis for FPA. 

 Attendees at the FPA Environmental Seminar will get insight into existing and future regulations related to food service packaging. As well as how to understand material composition of such packaging as relates to claims, EPR charges and truth in advertising. Plus, insight into the accounting of environmental impact of packaging and packaging innovation to align with future environmental and packaging regulation. 

Yaseed Chaumoo is Managing Director of Deepnest by Greyparrot, helping brands and retailers use artificial intelligence to understand what happens to packaging after disposal. With a background in AI, product development and commercial leadership, he turns recycling data into practical insights that inform packaging design, improve recovery and support businesses in responding to Extended Producer Responsibility and wider sustainability challenges.

Ellen Daniels is the Chief Executive Officer of the Foodservice Packaging Association (FPA). She joined the Association from the British Compressed Gases Association (BCGA), where she served as CEO and led a period of significant organisational growth, strengthened member engagement and helped shape policy across a range of regulatory, environmental and industry issues.

With more than 11 years’ experience working at the intersection of industry, government and regulation, Ellen has a strong track record in policy development, stakeholder engagement and strategic leadership. An award-winning trade association leader, she was recognised in the Trade Association Forum’s Women in Trade Associations Power List 2025 and Management Today’s 35 Under 35.

Karen Graley is Chief Operating Officer of UK Packaging PRO, helping deliver the UK’s packaging Extended Producer Responsibility scheme. Her extensive career in packaging innovation includes roles at Waitrose and Marks & Spencer. A founding director of OPRL, she brings expertise in packaging sustainability, recycling and producer responsibility, working across industry to support a more effective and circular packaging system.

 Richard has spent his career working on a range of interlinked issues aimed at improving public health, the environment and animal welfare. He believes that markets can be a force for good and believes the future will be dominated by those manufacturers which embrace ethics and sustainability in their commercial operations. 

 The market is awash with labels on packaging claiming a range of environmental credentials for products. But what do consumers look for and what influence does on-pack messaging make in a decision to purchase? And with the European Union now cracking down on misleading environmental claims, what do manufacturers of products and packaging need to consider when adopting certification schemes? Particularly where multi-year packaging deals are agreed against a backdrop of uncertainty over the potential future validity of certain certification logos. 

James Piper of Ecosurety is a recycling expert, author of The Rubbish Book and co-host of the Talking Rubbish podcast. An experienced environmental services business leader, he is passionate about making recycling easier to understand. Through his writing and broadcasting, James explores packaging, waste and sustainability, challenging common myths and helping audiences make informed choices about how they reduce, reuse and recycle

 Adam is a member of the Suez UK Management Board with over 30 years’ experience in academia, local government and environmental consultancy. Adam leads Suez’s policy engagement work with UK Government bringing operational insight and best practice examples to a number of working groups. He collaborates with brands assessing packaging reform impacts and is a regular guest speaker at industry events reflecting on the sustainable packaging supply chain. His is a former CIWM President, championing green skills who served on the UK Green Jobs Delivery Group. His PhD focused on UK waste policy failures, and he received an MBE in 2024 for his contribution to the evolution of the resources sector. 

Kiran Trivedy is a Consultant at the Carbon Trust, specialising in life cycle assessment (LCA), product carbon footprinting, environmental claims and sustainability reporting. He works with organisations across the food & drink, consumer goods and packaging value chains to quantify environmental impacts, support credible sustainability communications, and navigate evolving regulatory requirements. Kiran has experience helping businesses use robust environmental data to inform decision-making, assess innovation opportunities and build confidence in environmental claims. 

Paul Synnott is the Managing Director of Seda UK, a leading supplier to the UK Foodservice industry. He joined the company in 2009 as Sales and Marketing Director and was appointed Managing Director in 2016. With over 30 years of experience in the packaging sector, Paul has held key roles across manufacturing and sales in flexibles, rigid containers, and folding cartons, working with industry leaders such as Lawson Mardon, Pechiney, and Alcan.

He also serves as Co-Chair of the Alliance for Fibre-Based Packaging, advocating for sustainable solutions in the industry.

Paul Vanston formally became Chief Executive of the Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment (INCPEN) in May 2017. That followed 26 years in central and local government including roles in recycling & waste management services for citizens and businesses.

Paul is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts. Ministerially-appointed member of the Pack UK Steering Group. Elected Chair of the Pack UK Communications & Behaviour Change Advisory Group. Director of the UK Packaging PRO appointed in April 2026 as the UK producer responsibility organisation. Member of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM). Member of the Green Alliance Circular Economy Task Force. Founder supporter of the original UK Plastics Pact.