Announcing the Nominees for the Women in Packaging Excellence Awards 2026
A record number of nominations have been received for the Women in Packaging Excellence Awards 2026, highlighting the outstanding community spirit, talent, leadership and contribution of women and male allies throughout the packaging sector.
Congratulations to all the nominees!
All nominees are now invited to submit a full entry to be officially considered for an award.
ENTRY DEADLINE: FRIDAY 27 FEBRUARY 2026
Karen Adams - Peli BioThermal
Nidhi Agarwal - DesignNbuy
Natalia Agathou - L'Oréal
Minal Ahire - Freudenberg Gala Household Product
Jess Ainley - Danone
Jude Allan - OPRL
Amira Aluar - MM Group
Anna Alzamora - Alzamora Group
Giulia Angelucci - Transcend Packaging
Alison Appleby - Ecosurety
Tracy Apps - Bunzl
Stephanie Arnell - Corrboard UK
Lauren Atkinson - IFCO
Sarah Badesha - Pernod Ricard
Suzanne Baldwin - Reelvision Print
Natasha Bamford - Premier Foods
Carole Bayne - Law Print Packaging
Jane Bear - Ferrero
Molly Beck - OPRL
Patricia Berga - Alzamora Group
Maria Bernabe - Premier Foods
Victoria Bettridge - Amcor
Nicola Bielby - Coveris
Bharti Pindoria - All Points Fibre
Erica Bhasin - Rangoon
Kathryn Birch - Bidfood
Paula Birch - Parkside Flexibles
Katy Blyth - Watershed Packaging
Lucy Bosten - Carlton Packaging
Geraint Bowers - Smurfit Westrock
Phil Box - Cepac
Sharon Boyle - Advance Tapes
Nikola Bradburn - Zeus Packaging
Alison Bramfitt - Nestlé
Gaynor Bray - Aura Consultants
Rachel Buchanan - Makemarks
Sophie Bullen Brown - Watershed Packaging
Lee Burdass - Cepac
Emma Burgess - Kite Packaging
Claire Burnet - Chococo
Joanne Burr - Springfield Solutions
Keely Buttle - Nestlé
Suzanne Byrom - Cepac
Lisa Cain - Smurfit Westrock
Casey Cambridge - Culina Group
Naomi Carlin - Biffa
Esther Carter - Defra
Virginie Celli - Sabert
Andrea Charlwood - Cepac
Vikki Chesterman - WRAP
Sophie Christie - Tesco
Ellie Clapham - Cepac
Brooke Clark - Cepac
Carol Clark - Parkside Flexibles
Helen Clements - GoUnpackaged
Debbie Clements - MPMA
Rebecca Collier - Coveris
Eimear Collins - Proampac
Irene Comley - Cepac
Catherine Conway - GoUnpackaged
Jessica Cook - Label Solutions
Sophy Cox - Bunzl
Lisa Creighton - Cepac
Ali Crisp - Jupiter Prestige Group
Emma Cullen - Smurfit Westrock
Rebecca Cusworth - Sun Branding
Liann Cutts - Weedon Group
Dominika Czyzo - Pont Packaging
Nick Davies - Seda International Packaging Group
Eva De La Torre - Corplex
Alessandra De Roberto - Bunzl
Fiona Dempster - PG Paper
Sally Dent - Coveris
Fiona Dobson - Asda
Joana Domingues - Sogrape
Caroline Donson - Corrboard UK
Sonia Drake-Pighini - Ecosurety
Amy Draycott - Premier Foods
Beibei Du
Isobel Duignan - Nestlé
Lorna Eddy - Danish Crown
Cara Edgar - AG Barr
Julie Elder - Smurfit Westrock
Adele Fash - WRAP
Tracey Farrow - Grotech Production
Hannah Feiner - Pepsico
Helen Fenwick - Unilever
Laura Fernandez - Ocado Retail
Lindsay Ferriman - Linney
Jayne Fisher - Seaways Services
Jaime Fleming - Cask
Stephanie Fletcher - Charlotte Tilbury
Alexandra French - Xampla
Joyce Friedrich-Phung - Proampac
Jayne Frodsham - Enviropax
Monika Gajewska - Culina Group
Emily Gardiner - OPRL
Natércia Garrido - Silvex
Gillian Garside-Wight - Aura Consultants
Gemma Gascoyne - ALDI
Suzy Gedney - Smurfit Westrock
Marta George - Kerry
Esther Gilbertson - Cepac
Rebecca Gilson - Woodway UK
Georgia Glynn-Smith - Glynnsmith
Nicola Golder-Hayes - Proampac
Sara Golzari - Cult Partners
Azucena Gomez Lopez - Sheffield Hallam University
Louisa Goodfellow - Ecosurety
Amy Gooding - Makemarks
Zoe Goodman - Valpak
Nicola Gordon - Boxmart
Tracey Goulsbra - Coveris
Magda Grabowska - Facer Printers
Karen Graley - Food and Drink Federation
Katherine Greensmith - Pladis Global
Carolina Gregorio - Dow
Viktorija Griziene - RETAL
Poonam Gupta - PG Paper
Claire Gusko - One Five
Marjo Halonen - Metsä Board
Jacquie Hanton - Friendlier
Alice Harlock - OPRL
Janet Harney - ABP UK
Nicki Harris - Peli BioThermal
Micheala Harrison - Cepac
Cat Hay - Food and Drink Federation
Corinne Held - Proampac
Robyn Hemmings - Cepac
Alex Henry - Daera Ni
Laura Herbert - Woodway UK
Lisa Hewitt - Coveris
Chandrika Hillman - Chandrika Thomas
Seija Hiltunen - Brandid
Alison Hobson - Justpeel
Samantha Hocker - Roberts Mart
Lara Hodgson - Bunzl
Hannah Holding - Boxmart
Caru Hopkins - Transcend Packaging
Jess Hornby - Sainsbury's
Birgit Hösch - MM Group
Uli Hosse - Micvac
Claire Hughes - Me
Jayanna Hughes - Smurfit Westrock
Kate Hulley - Belmont Packaging
Kate Hunter - Proampac
Angela Ivanova - Lam On
Suzana Ivšac Munjas - Molvik
Neha Jain - Zerocircle
Lyndsey James-Williams - PG Paper
Dany Jammal - Valpak
Andrea Jex - Hilton Food Group
Nikola Juhasz - Sun Chemical
Malgorzata Kabat - The Cardboard Box Company
Cliona Keating - Kerry
Mandy Kelly - Ace UK
Caroline Kelly - Tesco
Marian Keogh - Showcase Creative
Jo Kershaw - Antalis
Ton Knipscheer - ThePackHub
Vlad Kolesnik - Univest
Sarswati Koul - Neptune Nanotechnologies
Natalia Kovtiukh - Univest
Sarah Kroon - Aura Consultants
Evgenia Krynina - Univest
Volodymyr Kudriashov - Univest
Olena Kudriashova - Univest
Kitty Lai - Mebranddesign
Hannah Langford - Woodway UK
Lucinda Langton - Marks & Spencer
Eleanor Latham - Cepac
Greg Lawson - Aura Consultants
Huong Li Pham - Bunzl
Yvette Liddell - Cepac
Victoriya Litvinchuk - Univest
Kate Loosmore - Valpak
Jamie Losty - Kerry
Jessica Lowther - Primark
Iryna Luchenko - Smurfit Westrock
Kristin Luyten - Smurfit Westrock
Katie Lynch - Itsu Grocery
Bea Maddison - Cepac
Shezmin Madhani - Bunzl
Monique Maissan - Waste2Wear
Amy Malone - DS Smith
Leigh Mann - Piroto Labelling
Amie Marsh - Marks
Craig Mason - Cepac
Denise Mathieson - Waitrose
Sue Matthews - Loadhog
Caroline Mawby - Aura Consultants
Melanie May - Go-Pak Group
Alice Mayo - Linney
Camille Mayoux - Premier Foods
Rachel McEvoy - CTPA
Helen McFarlane - McDonald's
Helen Mcgeough - ICIS
Holly McIntyre - PG Paper
Erin McMahon Ansell - Go-Pak Group
Sarah McManus - Bakkavor
Ann Mesher-Smith - Amazon
Martene Midwood - Plastipak
Laura Milillo - GS1 UK
Chloe Moat - Cepac
Justine Moloney - Zeus Packaging
Dália Moreira - Sogrape
Cathy Morio - The Pallet Loop
Shannon Moxham - Valpak
Kirsty Mumford - Pont Packaging
Bee Murai - Cepac
Terri Nelson - Coveris
Danni Nicholls - Smurfit Westrock
Christine Nichols - Smurfit Westrock
Kirsty Nicholson - Glencairn
Helen Nickells - ABP UK
Daphna Nissenbaum - TIPA
Becky O’Connor - Zeus Packaging
Deirdre O'Reilly - Kerry
Jo Ormrod - Coveris
Skye Oudemans - Sonoco
Siobhan Parks - Hilton Foods
Christine Peck-Russell - Facer Printers
Heidi Peltola - Sulapac
Gemma Penrose - Smurfit Westrock
Veronica Pfender - Web
Cori Pickard - Smurfit Westrock
Paula Pozza - Studio Zak
Kate Prince - Essity
Tetiana Pronikova - PET Technologies
Donna Pudsey - Cepac
Safia Qureshi - Clubzero
Elena Ralchenko - RETAL
Dimitra Rappou - Confederation of Paper Industries
Claudia Rasouri - Ocado Retail
Priti Raval - Smurfit Westrock
Amy Redmond - Transcend Packaging
Emily Rempel - Fine Print
Hannah Richards - Valpak
Helene Roberts - Norcros
Emma Rogers - Cepac
Tia Salt - Saica
Raquel Sanchez - Loadhog
Tais Santos - Nestlé
Isabel Santos - Sogrape
Rachael Sawtell - Planglow
Rosie Sharp - Hubbub
Katherine Shaw - Bunzl
Colette Sheehan - Kerry
Zahra Sheikh - Premier Foods
Lucy Shepherd - Warburtons
Sneh Sheth - Thedesignpeople
Victoria Simeonides - Tata Steel Europe
Vanessa Simonsen - Coppice
Mamta Singhal - Pulpex
James Skidmore - Valpak
Lisa Skinner - Sun Branding
Hayley Slack - Little Coffee Cup
Emily Smart - Premier Foods
Natalie Smith - Valpak
Kayli Smith - Friendlier
Eva Soares - Pont Packaging
Linzi Sorensen - Culina Group
Vicky Stacey - Facer printers
Rachel Stanton - Nestlé
Natalia Stathopoulou - Smurfit Westrock
Rachel Stirrup - Valpak
Meg Styles - Halfords
Becky Sullivan - Cepac
Kinza Sutton - Plastipak
Holly Tasker - Nestlé
Sema Tezel Basbug - Easyfairs
Dhruvi Thakkar - Sleeve Office
Sharon Todd - Ardagh Group
Clare Tomalin - Transcend Packaging
Olivia Tomlinson - Nestlé
Katja Tuomola Tuomola - MM Group
Brodie Vander Dussen - Veritiv
Michaela Van-Noordt - Coveris
Bebiana Velosa - Westpak Group
Kelly Vernon - Smurfit Westrock
Irena Vitkauskienė - RETAL
Dana Voges - SEA ME
Sarah Walker - Iceland
Jessica Walklett - Unilever
Liz Walters - Bunzl
Nikki Waltham - Culina Group
Clover Walton - Faerch
Katy Wandless
Ann-Marie Warrender - Bunzl
Jo Wass - Madeby Classic
Ella Waterhouse - Aldi
Rachel Watkyn - Tiny Box Company
Emilia Webb - Aura Consultants
Charlotte Wenman - Ahl
Louise Wheatley - Premier Foods
Adrienne Wheeler - Go-Pak Group
Tracie White - Premier Labellers
Rebecca Whittle - Premier Foods
Victoria Whyley - Aldi
Emma Wilkinson - WRAP
Monika Williams - ABP Beef
Elaine Wilson - Board24
Lois Wilson - Facer Printers
Lorraine Wilson - Valpak
Victoria Wood - Woodway UK
Carys Wooldridge - Tata Steel Europe
Rachel Wray - Nandos
Sarah Wright - Proampac
Camilla Young - GS1 UK
Natasha Young - Watershed Packaging
Barbara Zukrowska - Peli BioThermal