Nerida Kelton FAIP

Executive Director, Australian Institute of Packaging
(AIP); Vice President | Sustainability & Save Food – WPO

Member Since: 2018

Nerida has worked in the Packaging industry for over 22 years and with the Australian Institute of Packaging for 20. She holds a position on the Department of Environment and Energy’s National Food Waste Strategy Steering Committee and is the AIP lead for the Save Food Packaging Consortium project within the Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre. Nerida is also the ANZ Board member for the World Packaging Organisation and was one of the creators of the annual Xmas Foodbank hamper program for Queensland.

Nerida Kelton is a qualified public relations practitioner with a Bachelor of Arts Degree, a Bachelor of Business in Public Relations and a Post Graduate in PR and Communications. Nerida is also a full member of the Public Relations Institute of Australia (PRIA), a Member of the International Packaging Press Organisation (IPPO), a full member of the Australian Institute of Packaging and is the youngest and first female to have received Life Membership to the Supply Chain & Logistics Association of Australia for her significant contribution to the association and the wider industry.

With over 25 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.