1-2 December 2010 Marriott Hotel, Brussels, Belgium

Stephen Wilkins
Senior Partner
Stephen Wilkins Associates

Stephen was educated at Blackrock College, Dublin and The University of Durham Business School, where he obtained a Masters Degree in Business Administration. He is a Chartered Scientist and a Fellow of both the Institute of Materials Minerals and Mining and the Royal Society of Arts.

He was appointed Chief Executive of the Child-Safe Packaging Group upon its formation in 1995 and has driven its activities since then. The Child-Safe Packaging Group has been responsible for the design and development of numerous new child resistant packaging designs, in both flexible and rigid packs. Stephen advises manufacturers on the development of CR packaging, on the need for that packaging and, in more general terms, he advises clients on strategic marketing issues, normally associated with packaging and its semiotics.

In addition, he is a Director of Davies Development and Testing Limited, a laboratory, accredited by UKAS, to undertake testing of child resistant packaging under various European and International Standards.

He also acts for clients in the UK in other disciplines, where he delivers marketing communications consultancy and parliamentary liaison.

Stephen was registered as a Chartered Environmentalist in November 2009. He sits on a number of BSI committees associated with packaging and chairs the Packaging, Ease of Opening committee.