What is fascinating to see are completely new uses for cartonboard that we had not witnessed before. It is quite amazing what you can do with cartonboard through free thinking.
The jury consists of designers, brand owners, retailers as well as manufacturers of cartonboard and cartons. This ensures that the needs of the entire Supply Chain are taken into consideration. The jury will meet in The Hague in June 2019.
SATKAR GIDDA
CHAIRMAN OF THE JURY
Satkar Gidda studied Business Studies and Marketing and has worked 6 years in Sales, Trade Marketing and Brand Marketing for RHM Foods and Nestle followed by 30 years as Sales & Marketing Director of SiebertHead, the longest established brand and packaging design consultancy in the UK. Since March 2020, Satkar operates as an independent consultant.
LOTTE KREKELS
CARREFOUR BELGIUM
She has worked in packaging for over 20 years, the last four years as packaging manager. She is head of the packaging department at Carrefour Belgium. Her role provides the food safety, the sustainability and the design of the packaging own brand Carrefour on the Belgian market. Carrefour Belgium is one of the main retailers in the Belgian market and is part of the Carrefour Group, the world’s second largest distribution group with over 12,000 stores.
COURTNEY JUDKINS
GENERAL MILLS
Since 2017, Courtney Judkins has been the Global Senior Manager of Fiber Packaging at General Mills, Inc., based in Nyon (Switzerland). She has worked for General Mills since 2007, spending part of her career in manufacturing before moving into sourcing as a flexibles packaging buyer. She previously had a one-year assignment supporting the General Mills business in Brazil before becoming the North American folding carton category manager in 2015. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Illinois – Urbana / Champaign.
ERWIN KLÜNDER
AR-PACKAGING
Erwin Klünder is Global Sales Director, Food and Consumer Goods at AR Packaging AB. He has extensive international experience in purchasing and sales: as Chief Sales Officer at Van Genechten Packaging, as Regional Sales Director and Commercial & Supply Chain Director at Amcor Flexibles and as International Key Account Manager at Vandeputte – Safety Experts. He holds a Master’s degree in Marketing Communication – International Business from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and a Master’s degree in Applied Economics from the University of Antwerp.
DR JANET SHIPTON
PACKKNACK
An accomplished project manager, experienced in developing and delivering multiple detailed projects on time and within budget. Packknack is a network of talented consultants lead by myself. We work on packaging research, design innovation and development. 2013–2015 Section Manager/ Chocolate Lead, Packaging (Tablet, Bitesize and Sharing) Global Category Team, Mondelez International (formally Kraft), Responsible for managing a team of pack developers to create new packaging innovations and maintain quality standards for the developed and emerging global chocolate markets. Before setting up her own consultancy Janet spent five years as Divisional Design and Development Director at Chesapeake Branded Packaging (now MPS WestRock) before joining Mondelēz International as Global Section Manager for Chocolate packaging development.