IOM3 has confirmed the appointment of Judith Allan as Chair of the Packaging Society. She is a materials engineer with a rich and varied career predominantly in the packaging industry, starting her career at Mars (drinks division) as a Packaging Technologist and completing an Institute of Packaging Diploma.
In 1999, Judith moved to jonesknowlesritchie (JKR), a leading independent packaging design agency in London. Over the next 19 years, grew JKR grew into a global design business with operations in New York, Singapore and Shanghai with Judith leading the Global Creative Operations team.
She has always had a particular interest in packaging innovations as these are incredibly important in delivering new and exciting packaging for brand owners and consumers. In 2018, she took on the role of Chief Operating Officer at a start-up engineering agency in London with a manufacturing and project management office based in Shenzhen, China, spending 18 months at RPD International professionalising the business and developing the skills of a young group of entrepreneurs and engineers.
