Nerida Kelton Faip

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT NERIDA KELTON FAIP

Nerida Kelton is the Vice President Sustainability & Save Food, for the World Packaging Organisation (WPO) and is the Executive Director for the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP). She has worked in the Packaging industry for over 25 years, with over two decades working for the AIP; the peak professional body for packaging training and education in Australasia. As an active lecturer and trainer in the AIP educational portfolio Nerida is committed to helping educate and train packaging professionals in the importance of sustainable and circular packaging design, how to design out waste at the start and believes that it is important to showcase and recognise best practice in these areas. Earlier this year Nerida was awarded her Fellowship for her significant contribution to the packaging industry through training and education across the globe. Nerida is also very passionate about educating the industry on the important role that packaging plays in minimising Food Waste and how designing Save Food Packaging can make a difference. She is the lead for the Save Food Packaging Consortium project within the Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre, is published in this area, the lead for the Packaging Working Group on Stop Food Waste Australia and was the packaging representative on Australia’s National Food Waste Strategy Steering Committee. She recently joined the lecturing team from the Institute for the Master of Food & Packaging Innovation degree at the University of Melbourne and is also the coordinator of the Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards for Australia and New Zealand. Nerida a Member of the International Packaging Press Organisation (IPPO), a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Packaging and is the youngest and first female to have ever received Life Membership to the Supply Chain & Logistics Association of Australia for her significant contribution to the association and the wider industry. Her articles are published in an extensive range of publications across Australasia on a regular basis. Nerida Kelton is also a qualified public relations practitioner with a Bachelor of Arts Degree (Double Major in Japanese), a Bachelor of Business in Public Relations and a Post Graduate Degree in Public Relations and Communications. With over 30 years’ experience in Association & Event Management and Public Relations Nerida has spent the majority of her career working with non-profit industry-based educational organisations and has extensive experience in working with volunteer driven associations.