LEIPA Round Table Talk #3/23: Unboxing the Future

Sonja Bähr is a seasoned Packaging Analyst at Tilisco. With a keen eye for innovative packaging solutions, Sonja brings a wealth of experience to the table. Her insights into the dynamic world of packaging regulation have been invaluable in navigating the evolving industry landscape.

Jürgen Dornheim represents Procter & Gamble, a global consumer goods corporation headquartered in Cincinnati/USA. He had over last 25 years various assignments in R&D, Engineering and Product Supply, always with corporate project responsibilities need to deliver against regional and global challenges. He has led Global Packaging Development of two P&G brands for 8 years: Oral-B (Oral Care health) and Braun (Electric devices).

In the past 10 years he has been in a corporate functions for all P&G brands as expert for sustainability and innovation. That includes developing the packaging concepts of the future, assessing innovative materials, and analyzing all impacts on the environmental footprint as all future developments need to cover essential necessary protection of product and minimize the environmental footprint. Externally he supports circularity as expert in industry associations like 4Evergreen. Key aspect of his work is balancing out today’s and future consumer expectations, retailer requests and coming far reaching laws and legislations in all regions of the globe.

Anna Papagrigoraki is the Sustainability Director at Cepi, the European Confederation of Paper Industries, since 2019. During the past 10 years Anna has focused on sustainability and environmental policy topics ranging from industrial emissions and environmental footprinting to packaging and food contact materials. Anna has a Masters in Civil Engineering (2009) and an MSc in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (2010) from the University of Southampton.

Sarah is Managing Director of LEIPA UK and responsible for multiple division areas of the LEIPA portfolio. Her passion for circularity and closed loop makes her insights into sustainable paper performance exciting. Experience including the wastepaper sector and finished paper products offers a wider picture when seeking solutions.