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With a wealth of experience spanning the industry’s major private brands, retailers, and e-tailers, our team is poised to anticipate and tackle our customers’ big challenges head-on. Each member brings a blend of expertise and dedication, making us the global reference point for sustainable packaging.

We actively seek out like-minded individuals who share our values and vision for a better world. Our team is composed of pioneers who champion change and strive to make a positive impact to our planet through honest collaboration.

Together, we are forging a path towards a more sustainable future.

Our team operates on a global scale

Leveraging diverse perspectives and worldwide findings to inform our packaging consultancy, technology, and insights services. Our reach allows us to understand the unique packaging challenges and opportunities present in different regions and markets.

With this global mindset, we are united in our efforts towards the big isues our clients face when it comes to solving the challenges across the packaging landscape.

Our Consultancy team is made up of packaging sustainability pioneers committed to true partnerships, focused on the delivery of mutual goals.

With over 30 years of collective packaging expertise, they offer insights that encompass manufacturing, retail, and brand. Their vast experience in serving global clients, implementing strategies, and staying updated on legislation allows them to quickly understand our clients challenges and anticipate obstacles. Whether clients seek assistance in crafting strategic packaging roadmaps, conducting legislative reviews, completing structural packaging optimization, or driving innovation, they are always on hand to support.

Our in house Technology team pioneer cutting-edge solutions, to facilitate seamless data flow and connectivity throughout the packaging life cycle.

This helps our clients to streamline complexity and enables scalable measurement and management. Our Technology experts have led the development of e-halo, a groundbreaking platform empowering organizations to effectively measure and manage packaging sustainability with real-time precision. Our Technology team design platforms that can be seamlessly integrated into our clients existing processes with the support of our valued implementation specialists, comprising; Project Managers, Consultants, Supplier Success Managers and Data Assurance Managers. They support our clients at every stage of their journey, to ensure smooth deployment.

Our team of Insights specialists have an appetite for knowledge and leveraging data to help you to understand and interpret global trends, and what they mean to your business.

They interact with digital information daily, to check, manage and translate data into valuable insights that you can use to measure and motivate positive change, add value for your clients and customers and prepare you for the road ahead. They are continually seeking the latest changes globally through interpreting how the latest trends and legislation might affect policy and practice.

Leadership.

Meet the leadership team.

Greg Lawson

Managing Director

Greg has over 35 years’ packaging consultancy experience and an insatiable appetite to make a difference. During his career, he’s helped shape global packaging strategies for Amazon, Walmart, Tesco and many more. Greg is a visionary within the packaging arena, known for his work across omni-channel organizations and the sustainability agenda.

Gillian Garside-Wight

Consulting Director

Gill leads our packaging consultancy offer with over 20 years’ experience, having worked with numerous global retailers and brands. Fueled by her passion for sustainability, she develops packaging strategies, roadmaps, and sustainable packaging solutions to meet the needs of clients, consumers, and the planet. Her specialisms include sustainability, innovation, and value chain optimization.

Harriet Young

Marketing Director

Harriet has over 25 years’ marketing experience in the retail and product sectors. She’s a strategic and commercial thinker with a proven track record for leading major global initiatives. As part of the Aura collective, Harriet creates a culture of innovation and service excellence, delivering pioneering solutions that serve to improve our people and planet.

Sarah Kroon

Operations Director

With over 15 years’ experience working in the retail packaging industry, Sarah leads our Operations team. Having worked with numerous global and international retailers, she’s adept at delivering strong project and programme management, facilitating change, and high-level stakeholder engagement. Sarah is infectiously positive and passionate about building strong partnerships to help clients achieve their sustainability objectives.

Trevor Yong

Business Development Director

Trevor has over 20 years’ experience in the environmental sector, working with global household names to implement sustainable packaging solutions. He’s the host of Aura’s podcast, #TrevTalks, covering the latest packaging sustainability updates. He’s passionate in helping clients to achieve their goals and drive change through data-led insights.

Robert Quigley

Technical Director

Robert has 20 years of experience in developing innovative product solutions. His strategies have been used by major retailers across the world. Today, Rob oversees Aura’s software development, IT service management, and IT infrastructure. He utilizes the latest tech advancements to bring efficiency and cost savings to our clients, globally.

Thank you all for your outstanding support. Several suppliers have told me that they were impressed with the extensive support they received.

Cheryl Lam

Private Brands | Director – Sustainability Initiatives

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Our People.

At Aura, our team is driven by a shared passion for sustainability and a commitment to revolutionizing the packaging industry.

Our team operates on a global scale

Leadership.

Greg Lawson

Managing Director

Gillian Garside-Wight

Consulting Director

Harriet Young

Marketing Director

Sarah Kroon

Operations Director

Trevor Yong

Business Development Director

Robert Quigley

Technical Director

Thank you all for your outstanding support. Several suppliers have told me that they were impressed with the extensive support they received.

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